Podcasts about transform industries

Barry Schuler of DFJ Growth Ventures joins Nick to discuss Lessons from Jobs, Musk, Case, and Armstrong – What It Takes to Transform Industries and Build Trillion-Dollar Companies. In this episode we cover: The Similarities of the Jobs, Musk, Case and Armstrong Portfolio Construction Impressions from Steve Jobs The Need for Great Electric Cars The Decision to Invest in Coinbase Investment Thesis in the Data Center Space The Future of Interfaces Guest Links: LinkedIn X Firm The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we'll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox!

Blockchain Blueprint with Dr. Meg and De Alder - Blockchain technology offers a promising answer to many challenges. By providing a decentralized, secure, and transparent way to manage data, blockchain can revolutionize healthcare. Imagine a world where patient records are easily accessible, drug supply chains are transparent, and clinical trials are efficiently managed...

Cohosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman catch up on the latest robotics news of the week, including Mike recent visit to the Stanford Robotics Center. In the featured interview, Mike Oitzman speaks with Marc Segura, the President of ABB Robotics Division, about the latest developments in robotics, particularly focusing on AI integration, market trends, and the future of mobile and collaborative robotics. They discuss the impact of AI on robotics, the current state of the robotics market in the US compared to the rest of the world, and the potential of humanoid robots versus mobile manipulators. The conversation also touches on the evolution of collaborative robotics and its applications in various industries. – SPONSOR – The show this week is sponsored by RGO Robotics - RGo Robotics' Perception Engine is revolutionizing the AMR business through advanced Vision AI perception technology. Unlike traditional solutions, RGo's software enables AMRs to adapt to changing environments and navigate complex spaces with unprecedented accuracy and the commissioning process is shorter and simpler. To learn more about RGO's solutions goto: https://www.rgorobotics.ai/?utm_source=therobotreport&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_id=n Submissions for presentations and registration are now open for the 2025 Robotics Summit: https://www.roboticssummit.com/

ABOUT THE EPISODE This episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight was recorded live in Denver during SIGGRAPH 2024. In this conversation, SIGGRAPH 2025 Conference Chair Ginger Alford sits down with three SIGGRAPH 2025 Program Chairs — Adam Bargteil, Kalina Borkiewicz, and Francesca Franco — who share insights on how discoveries at SIGGRAPH apply to industries outside of research and entertainment, blurring the lines between digital and physical realms, and using art and technology to tell this story. MUSIC Podcast theme, "SIGGRAPH," composed by Julius Dobos. || LINKS *Social Media* http://blog.siggraph.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/SIGGRAPHConferences | https://twitter.com/siggraph | https://www.youtube.com/user/ACMSIGGRAPH | https://www.instagram.com/acmsiggraph/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/acm-siggraph/ *Episode* https://s2025.siggraph.org/program/art-gallery/ | https://s2025.siggraph.org/program/courses/ | https://s2025.siggraph.org/program/frontiers/ *Conference Website* https://s2025.siggraph.org/

Certifications in the fire, life, and electrical safety fields play crucial roles. Daniel Pickel, the Director of Certification and Accreditation at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), joins the podcast to discuss topics such as how certifications help safety professionals stay up-to-date, how is technology influencing the certification landscape, and recent trends in certifications and emerging certifications that should professionals be aware of. Sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a global self-funded nonprofit organization, established in 1896, devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. NFPA delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach and advocacy; and by partnering with others who share an interest in furthering their mission. Visit www.nfpa.org to learn more.

In this episode of FYI, Brett Winton, ARK's Chief Futurist, engages in a compelling conversation with Rob Wolcott, author of Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs Will Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life. They explore how digital technologies are pushing production and value creation closer to the moment of demand, reshaping industries from manufacturing to healthcare. Rob discusses the concept of proximity and its implications for business strategy, resilience, and customization, offering insights into the future of technology and its impact on our daily lives."In the future, all content will be produced in real time for an audience of one." - Rob WolcottKey Points From This Episode:Introduction to Rob Wolcott and his book, Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs Will Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life.The fundamental differences between digital and industrial-age technologies.How proximity can predict the future direction of industries.The impact of proximity on manufacturing, including the role of additive manufacturing.The role of AI in enhancing proximity by providing real-time, customized content.The implications of proximity for healthcare, particularly in early diagnosis and personalized treatments.Discussion on the economic and strategic benefits of reshoring and localized production.The potential societal effects of increased atomization through technology.The role of humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles in a proximate world.Predictions on how proximity will continue to evolve and influence various sectors.

In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we look at how to unlock financial flows for nature and transform heavy polluting industries into environmentally friendly ones.  We hear how the nature finance landscape is evolving from Dr. Carter Ingram, Managing Director at nature and climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination Group. She says that despite growing interest and investments in nature-based solutions, significant gaps remain.   Part of the solution is understanding “the degree to which changes in your dependencies or impacts on nature can have a financial impact on your business or on the economy," Carter says.  We also talk with Tom Chi, Founding Partner of At One Ventures, a venture capital firm based in San Franscisco. The firm is investing in a world where humanity becomes a net positive to nature, which Tom says requires rewriting how entire industries work.  "The industries that have been damaging our relationship to nature are the same ones for the last 50 years," Tom tells us on the sidelines of the GreenFin conference. "It is time for us to go back to that and actually do the hard work again. ... We've got to do the industries different foundationally."   Listen to our interview with Paul Bodnar, Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry and Diplomacy at the Bezos Earth Fund, here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/bezos-earth-fund-director-on-how-to-drive-climate-nature-action   Learn more about S&P Global Sustainable1's Nature & Biodiversity Risk dataset here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/solutions/nature   Read S&P Global Sustainable1 research "How the world's largest companies depend on nature and biodiversity" here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/how-the-world-s-largest-companies-depend-on-nature-and-biodiversity   GreenBiz Group hosts the GreenFin conference and S&P Global Sustainable1 is a sponsor.   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.       Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global      DISCLAIMER      By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.      S&P GLOBAL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST. 

In this episode, Kevin Williams, a world-class certified speaking coach and bestselling author, joins me. Kevin shares his inspiring journey from struggling with a marketing agency to becoming a sought-after speaker and coach. He provides valuable insights on crafting compelling stories and narratives using the "9 Cs of Storytelling" framework. Kevin also offers insights for business owners on improving their public speaking abilities, connecting with audiences through customer-centric language, and excelling at networking events. He further emphasizes the power of unlocking opportunities through purposeful communication and becoming a world-class speaker.Join now and be inspired!Timestamps:[00:00] Introduction and Background[01:16] Kevin's Journey to Becoming a Speaker[04:50] The significance of competing in the World Championship[08:53] Challenges faced in articulating compelling stories[09:27] The role of coaching for effective communication[09:43] The 9Cs of storytelling[15:16] Kevin's practical teaching approach and its impact on children's public speaking abilities[16:04] Communicating like a third grader for customer-centric language[16:26] How business owners can secure speaking engagements[18:37] Networking Tips for Introverts and Extroverts[22:40] Things you need to do to stand out at networking events[24:07] Training employees for customer-centric communication[25:04] Using AI to Simplify Customer-Centric Communication[26:22] Kevin's storytelling program and resources[29:14] The PITCH Acronym for Effective CommunicationQuotes:● Speaking is 10% talent and 90% tools. We teach you the tools. ● In business, you think like a CEO but communicate like a third grader. If a third grader can understand what you're saying, you don't have to worry about whether adults can understand.● You have to show on these social media streets that this is what you do, in spite of being a business owner. I speak on whatever topic is in your industry or profession, right? You have to let people see that because just because you have learned the art of speaking doesn't mean people will reach out to you.● Whether you're in the networking event arena, keep unlocking opportunities. You don't know what person or persons has your key, but if you're not communicating or networking, you'll never receive the key to unlock that door.● Networking will open more doors than any degree ever will. When it comes to professional speaking, be world-class. Don't just be a speaker; become what I call a world-class speaker. Resources:Connect with Kevin Williams on:Website: https://www.teamvisionmedia.com/Kevin's Coaching Programs: https://www.teamvisionmedia.com/coachingKevin's Book: Unlocking Opportunities: The Ultimate Guide to Excelling at Networking Events and Crafting the Perfect Elevator Pitch: https://www.amazon.in/Unlocking-Opportunities-Ultimate-Excelling-Networking-ebook/dp/B0CP7F5S2YIf this podcast has been helpful to you, share it with your friends, subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Connect with us at hashtagsandhabitspodcast@gmail.comSubscribe to the soon-to-be #1 newsletter...

Bill Carr is the co-author of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon. With a background at Amazon of over 15 years, Bill played a pivotal role in shaping the company's global digital music and video ventures, including Amazon Music, Prime Video, and Amazon Studios. After Amazon, Bill was an Executive in Residence with Maveron, an early-stage, consumer-only venture capital firm. He later served as the chief operating officer of OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers in the U.S. Today he's the co-founder of Working Backwards LLC, where he helps companies implement Amazon's time-tested management strategies. In this episode, we discuss:• What exactly “working backwards” is, and how you do it• Why having “single-threaded leaders” is so effective• Inside Amazon's intense product review process• How to actually follow the “disagree and commit” principle• The thinking behind the principle “Leaders are right, a lot”• Input vs. output metrics• Fostering a culture of risk-taking and innovation• The role and responsibilities of a “bar raiser” in your hiring, and how it significantly improves the success rate of new hires—Brought to you by AssemblyAI—Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech | Coda—Meet the evolution of docs | Wix Studio—The web creation platform built for agencies—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/unpacking-amazons-unique-ways-of-working-bill-carr-author-of-working-backwards/—Where to find Bill Carr:• X: https://twitter.com/BillCarr89• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-carr/• Website: https://www.workingbackwards.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Bill's background(04:26) Amazon's workplace evolution(09:54) Amazon's “fitness function”(11:44) Single-threaded leadership(18:07) Implementing a program orientation with single-threaded leadership(20:16) The GM model vs. single-threaded leadership(21:31) Functional countermeasures needed for single-threaded leadership(25:22) Embracing the “disagree and commit” principle(30:22) Understanding disagreements(32:41) Deciphering Amazon's “Leaders are right, a lot” principle(35:25) An explanation of the working backwards framework(41:16) PR FAQ process: Amazon's innovation engine(44:47) Deconstructing the PR FAQ structure(43:49) The concentric circle model for sharing PR FAQs(44:55) The customer problem-solution statement(47:52) Create a product funnel, not a product tunnel(51:19) How Amazon promotes action vs. talk(54:35) Amazon's flywheel and input metrics(1:00:51) Signs you've got a good input metric(1:04:23) How mistakes can still be made with working backwards(1:06:54) Why disagreements aren't necessarily signs products will fail(1:08:02) Examples of failed Amazon projects(1:09:55) Cultivating risk-taking and accepting failure(1:13:57) Amazon's “bar-raiser” practice for hiring(1:18:21) Selecting Amazon's bar raisers(1:20:41) Advice on implementing practices from Working Backwards(1:23:10) Bill's work as an advisor(1:26:05) Lightning round—Referenced:• Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets/dp/1250267595• Jeff Bezos on X: https://twitter.com/jeffbezos• D.E. Shaw: https://www.deshaw.com/• Eric Ries's website: https://theleanstartup.com/• GM business model: https://fourweekmba.com/general-motors-business-model/• Rick Dalzell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richarddalzell/• The Effective Decision by Peter F. Drucker: https://hbr.org/1967/01/the-effective-decision• Template: Working Backwards PR FAQ: https://www.workingbackwards.com/resources/working-backwards-pr-faq• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996• The Amazon flywheel: https://feedvisor.com/resources/amazon-trends/amazon-flywheel-explained/• Sixsigma: https://www.6sigma.us/• Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries: https://www.amazon.com/Loonshots-Nurture-Diseases-Transform-Industries/dp/1250185963• Andy Jassy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-jassy-8b1615/• Implementing Amazon's Bar Raiser Process in Hiring: A Quick Guide: https://www.barraiser.com/blogs/implementing-amazons-bar-raiser-process-in-hiring• Microspeak: The As-Appropriate (AA) interviewer: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20231017-00/?p=108897• The Practice of Management: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Management-Peter-F-Drucker/dp/0060878975• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done: https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Harperbusiness-Essentials/dp/0060833459• Steve Jobs: https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537• Seveneves: https://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062334514• A Gentleman in Moscow: https://www.amazon.com/A-Gentleman-in-Moscow/dp/0143110438• Dune on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Timoth%C3%A9e-Chalamet/dp/B09LJXY4PH• A Spy Among Friends: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15565872/• Zipp 303 Firecrest tubeless disc brake: https://www.sram.com/en/zipp/models/wh-303-ftld-a1• The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization: https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0385517254—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

In this episode of the Decoding innovation podcast series, UrsaLeo Co-founder and CEO John Burton shares the company's journey and how XR technologies are changing industries and the world. With companies across industries generating ever-increasing amounts of data, a question emerges: How do you leverage this data to enhance the quality and improve sustainability? The wide adoption of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and the emergence of the metaverse are pointing toward the increasing enthusiasm for immersive 3D technologies. Combining a realistic 3D environment and real-time data generated by industrial equipment and facilities could change the way data is visualized and presented to stakeholders. By employing digital twins, organizations get a better understanding of the performance of their products, do better analyses, identify potential anomalies and improve collaboration. Increasing sustainability discussions in board rooms are also considered to be a driving force of immersive technology. XR technologies are gaining momentum and interest, and they are predicted to be ubiquitous across sectors. John Burton, CEO and Co-founder of UrsaLeo, a 3D platform that creates photo-realistic digital twins, dissects the evolving trends in the field and shares his insights on the impact of immersive technology. Key takeaways: XR technologies offer an immersive 3D environment that enhances the data generated by companies. This feature offers a new trajectory in data visualization — from viewing complex 2D real-time data to a more realistic 3D experience. The increasing adoption of virtual and augmented reality technologies is encouraged by C-suites. With XR technologies, they can view data in a much more interesting and understandable way.  One of the challenges faced by XR companies is the sourcing of data from multiple technologies, as these data streams will have to be combined and translated into a single format.

Professor and researcher Gurpreet Singh Lehal weigh the pros and cons of ChatGPT, the latest artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot that generates responses based on a prompt of user inputs. Professor Lehal says the revolutionary new tool could be a game-changer for multiple industries, but it is not without flaws. - ਚੈਟਜੀਪੀਟੀ (ChatGPT) ਨਵੀਨਤਮ ਆਰਟੀਫੀਸ਼ੀਅਲ ਇੰਟੈਲੀਜੈਂਸ ਸੰਚਾਲਿਤ ਚੈਟਬੋਟ ਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਗਏ ਸੁਆਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਜਵਾਬ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਮਾਹਿਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਮੰਨਣਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਨਵੀਂ ਤਕਨੀਕ ਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਆਈ ਟੀ ਸਮੇਤ ਕਈ ਖੇਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕ੍ਰਾਂਤੀਕਾਰੀ ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਆ ਸਕਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਨਾਲ਼ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਸਦੇ ਲਾਭ-ਹਾਨੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਸੁਚੇਤ ਰਹਿਣ ਦੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ।

Accounting for about 75% of global primary energy use, cities are by far the biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Given that they are the main source of demand and the owners of municipal infrastructure, how can cities be smarter in the way they design, build and operate infrastructure in ways that encourage greater efficiency and sustainability? Prime TIme's Timothy Go speaks with Caspar Herzberg, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Revenue Officer, AVEVA to find out. He is also the author of the book ‘Smart Cities, Digital Nations', where he shares his perspective on challenges in smart city projects and shared a vision of why smart cities are essential.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Innovation is a crucial part for organizations to stay ahead of their competitors, adapt to changing circumstances in the environment and create long-lasting businesses. Yet, many big corporations eventually stagnate and become obsolete while a lot of groundbreaking ideas come from small companies.Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist, a biotech entrepreneur, former public-company CEO and author of the highly acclaimed book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”.Safi advises CEOs and leadership teams on strategy and innovation, and has delivered keynote presentations at industry conferences, investor events, leadership retreats, medical meetings, and leading academic institutions around the world.Greg and Safi discuss how organizations can borrow from science to implement systems and incentives that nurture innovation, risk-taking and experimenting which ultimately lead to radical breakthroughs.Episode Quotes:Having a chief incentive officer will help you grow your organizational scale49:29: You have a chief revenue officer whose role is strategic, given a marketing budget. How many dollars can we make? You have a chief technology officer whose role is strategic, given a fixed technology budget. How do we ensure the optimum technology use across the organization? Why don't you have a chief incentive officer? You have a fixed compensation. You try to stick within a fixed budget of cash and options. Why aren't you trying to have someone who's focused on maximizing the return that you get from that? It's pretty obvious. Which would you rather have, a force that has the latest smartphone gadgets or a force that's the most motivated in the industry? I'd rather have the latter.On increasing innovation10:38: If we want to increase innovation, risk-taking, and experimenting, we can't use the same systems. We have to use an opposite system, metrics, and rewards.Two helpful frameworks for every CEO08:19: It's a helpful framework to keep in mind if you're a CEO that addresses real-world topics or leading a group, or even managing a small team; you need to have two phases in your mind. One, we just need to deliver stuff on time, budget and spec consistently with quality to our customers. The other, we need to think of wild, crazy, new ideas on the one we're reducing risk on the one we're increasing risk. Show Links:Guest Profile:Safi Bahcall's WebsiteSafi Bahcall on LinkedInSafi Bahcall on TwitterSafi Bahcall on YoutubeSafi Bahcall on FacebookHis Work:Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

What a great conversation with Ben Natarajan, tech exec and your not so average Joe. Join us to hear the conversation and learn about his:·       Morning routine done his way (the opposite of what everyone says to do!)·       LOVE for food + knowledge.·       Message that ‘average' is good!·       Greatest highlight he learned about himself.·       Goals being his own, not someone else's. ·       Distilled inflection points on his journey.·       Advice to identify your skill of strength.·       ‘Goal posts' lesson.·       Approach to the upside! Ben offers such vulnerable insight into his journey and what he has learned along the way. His suggestions and viewpoints on how others can make the shift is spot on.  The conversation is important, as it gives permission to release false expectations and allowing ourselves to be content and fulfilled with where we are in career and life and celebrate our already fantastic achievements. Recommendations from Ben:·       Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari·       Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall·       The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee.  Listen here https://angiemccourt.transistor.fm/episodesToday book #2 Authentic Leadership: Embracing Your Archetypal gifts is available on Amazon and other major online retailers. It's All About Authentic Leadership! Love Your Gifts introduces 11 authentic leadership gifts and how to shift from behavior patterns of outdated leadership styles. Available in paperback.

In today's episode, our host Preethy Padmanabhan got the opportunity to sit down with Guillaume de la Serra, Chief Product Officer of Jellysmack to discuss Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall. Guillaume shared his thoughts on some of the key points in the book—nurturing innovation while balancing franchising, avoiding the moses trap, and the need for loonshots to achieve 10x growth. What are Loonshots? They are deas that seem too crazy to work, but end up changing everything Tune in to listen to the episode and know more about how you foster both the artists and soldiers in your organization, and ultimately set your business to ideate and create the next great thing.

Joe Schurman teaches from his deep experience in the software, machine learning, AI, and processes that organizations need today as they transition to data-driven technology companies. He names some of the cloud services and tech tools he uses to lead clients to start with a user case, break it into stories,  build a team led by the solution owner, assign the stories to developers to build, and iterate product demos until the Minimum Loved Project (MLP) is achieved. Joe offers observations on investing the “right” amount of time in projects, and wisdom on developing a learner mindset.   Key Takeaways [2:06] Joe Schurman is a 2nd-degree black belt in Kung Fu. He once judged a competition in Las Vegas. He has four children; two daughters and two sons. [2:57] Joe is an expert on the fringes of what we can do with computing technology. What we can do changes every day. In the past couple of years, from an AI perspective, with data and automation, it's taken leaps and bounds. [4:30] We're still pretty far away from general AI, despite Sophia, an AI robot that was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship in 2017. Today's AI depends on the programming we give a machine and its interpretation and output. Joe's focus is narrow or weak AI. His business colleagues call it magic. Computer vision is an area he loves. [5:45] Joe uses a lab environment across Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services. The capabilities that have come up in the last year are “just insane” with what you can do with computer vision and building libraries of what the machine can see. [6:06] Joe loved seeing a computer vision capability demonstration at AWS re:Invent of tracking every NFL player on the field and predicting injuries and other types of output and insights in real-time. The machine used narrow AI to access a library seeded with “a ton” of data to interpret the action. [7:15] What you can do with this technology comes down to the data that you feed the engine. Think about the amounts of data that organizations have to sift through to generate reflective or predictive insights. Auto machine learning helps organize the data into useful information such as anomaly detection in software engineering. The data can also come from tools like GitHub and Jira. [8:25] Joe did a fun computer vision project on UAPs for the History Channel, working with some of the nation's top military leaders, building a library of video and audio data to be able to detect unidentified aerial phenomena that were not supposed to be entering our airspace, and curating that library. [10:06] AI started with the idea of speeding up processes, such as getting an app to market faster or gathering insights quicker to make business decisions more timely. [11:28] AI can enhance human performance. Joe starts by finding people who know how to fail fast; to get a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) out the door. Solutions such as quality engineering automation, test automation, and monitoring services for DevOps detect bugs and performance issues quickly and ensure that the quality of the team is sound.[12:47] Joe notes the importance of individuals performing, contributing to, and collaborating as a team. Set your organization and standards governance up first. Look for a platform of technology to leverage that enables you to build and tinker. Finding the latest and greatest tool is no good unless it provides the right level of collaboration with their platform and connection to different processes. [14:53] When introducing ML to an organization, start with discovery, to understand the culture and talent within the organization. How are they communicating today? Joe sees the biggest gap between data scientists and data engineers. Projects tend to fail without collaboration, regardless of the tech. If the data scientists don't understand the domain, then the platform is irrelevant,[17:28] Joe stresses the need for a methodology in place to make any of these aspirations work for your organization. After discovery, there's an align phase. Focus on the outcome and the use case. The solution owner is crucial. The solution owner leads the technology team and brings them together around the client's outcome to develop that use case.[18:12] If you can't take an actual use case and break it down into bite-sized chunks or user stories, then the project will never be on the right track. Start with the use case to mitigate risks. Break the use case into user stories. Match the user stories with the number of engineers that can develop a number of user stories within a given time frame. [18:38] Those user stories given to the engineers are deducted into Story Points, in the Agile Process of engineering software. Price Waterhouse Coopers (PcW) has taken it to the next level, being able to do Engineering as a Service, being able to do it at scale, and being able to pivot quickly.[18:58] Joe explains what can happen if you have a great idea, take three to six months to break down the use case, and fill all the requirements, but hand it off to the Dev team that has no idea what the use case is: you get irrelevant software that doesn't tie back to the outcome! [19:22] Keep the solution team engaged in building the bridge between the subject matter expert stakeholders and the engineers. Every two weeks, demonstrate the iteration or program increment you have built. Does it match the outcome? Does it provide any relevance? Then take the feedback and figure out what happened in that iteration. Fix errors. You will build a product that has value to launch. [20:45] Communicate a lot, so all the people are on the same page! When you have stovepiped organizations where the departments don't talk to one another, you waste time, effort, and money building a product no one will use. One of Joe's colleagues, José Reyes, uses the term Minimum Lovable Project (MLP), where people rally around the outcome, not just the tech. [22:33] What skills and knowledge will the leaders of PwC need to endure for the next five years? Joe says first are character and attitude; people that have a hunger to build something, with a fail-fast mentality, and that are excited to learn constantly, that read every day and learn new technology. [24:27] Then know the tools. Documents exist on the internet for every solution and there is access to services like GitHub to download projects and starter templates without being an expert but just reading the README file and installing the base-level template, learning as you go, and as you tinker. That's way more valuable than coming in as a book-smart expert in a specific product or technology. [24:57] When it comes to tooling, there are products like the Atlassian platform with Confluence and Jira. For an AI stack, Joe typically works with AWS, GPC, and Microsoft, more so on the Amazon side with AWS AI tools, like Rekognition, Glue DataBrew, Redshift ML, Comprehend, and more. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google produce so much documentation and certification to get you up to speed. [26:30] Judgment, wisdom, and character will not be replaced by AI anytime soon. There's still room for philosophy in leadership. There are tools and technologies to speed up the processes, but not the individuals. There are no general AI solutions out yet to replace a pod of application developers, designers, and solution owners to execute a successful MVP or MLP out the door for a client. [27:55] Advice to CEOs: Be patient and understanding. Be willing to fail fast. Support tinkering and R&D, even if the project doesn't work out. Organizations are generally realizing that today they need to be data-driven, technology companies but there is still hesitance over the risk that needs to be taken. [30:03] Why would an insurance company or other traditional company need R&D? Look at Loonshots, by Safi Bahcall for some ideas about R&D. [30:56] Joe shares how he got to this point in his career. He wanted to play baseball but started at Compaq (now HP) when he was 18, writing scripts in Unix and other environments. Just being able to make certain changes to help clients get products faster and seeing the quick response from the outcomes felt like a home run to him! [31:49] Years later, Joe went on his own, with a vision to create telehealth before telemedicine was a thing, using Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync, enabling an API for that. Seeing people connect through a technology he had built, replaced the need to be a baseball star! Joe is grateful for the break he got at a young age and enjoys his work. [33:22] When Joe first started, he was trying to be the smartest person in the room, seeing the instant gratification of making code snippets that tested successfully. Eventually just building the app wasn't enough for him. He got the dopamine hit from seeing users interacting with his code and seeing its value. [34:58] Joe's mentors include many people he worked with. X. D. Wang at Microsoft Research inspired him to tinker, build, and focus on the short-run more than the long-run. Randeep Sing Pal at Microsoft Unified Communications was another great mentor. Also Steve Justice and Chris Mellon, in terms of character and collaboration. Joe shares how they mentored him. [37:23] Jan says something we forget about technology is that there are a lot of failures and attempts before the success hits. We have to be mindful of that as leaders to give people time and space to do really creative, cool things. [38:01] Joe appreciates the opportunity to discuss these things. Joe spent a lot of his career building software solutions that were way ahead of their time. It's frustrating to see telemedicine so successful now, but not when he attempted it. He had to learn to let go. It's not just about releasing bleeding-edge tech; you've got to find some value associated with it to resonate with the end-user. [39:31] Always think about the outcome and understand your audience first. And then be able to supplement the back end of that with bleeding-edge technology, development, tinkering, failing fast, and all the things that go with software engineering. Also, be humble! Get perspective from outside your bubble to build a better solution and be a better person. [40:49] WHenever you're setting out to build anything, start with a press release! Write a story of what it would look like if it were released today. Then just work back from there!   Quotable Quotes “There are so many new and cool technologies and innovations that are coming out at the speed of thought, which are pretty fascinating.” “I've been in real cloud engineering for about a decade, and from an AI perspective, with data and automation, over the past five to 10 years, in terms of running on a cloud environment, and it's just taken leaps and bounds.” “You've got to be able to connect that [data] environment to a use case or an outcome. If you can't do that and you can't enable a data scientist to understand the domain, then the data platform is irrelevant. I see a lot of performance issues occur because of that disconnect.” “If you can't take an actual use case and break it down into bite-sized chunks or user stories, then the project will never be on the right track.” “In this industry, you're constantly learning; constantly reading. I'm reading every day and learning about new technology every day and how to apply it and how to tinker with it. I need people on the team … that have that ability or that hunger to tinker and learn.” “Transitioning from a ‘knower' mindset to a ‘learner' mindset was the biggest shift for me.” “Always think about the outcome and understand your audience first. And then be able to supplement the back end of that with bleeding-edge technology, development, tinkering, failing fast, and all the things that go with software engineering.”   Resources Mentioned Joe Schurman, PwC Joe Schurman on LinkedIn PwC Sophia robot granted citizenship I, Robot film Weak AI Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services AWS re:Invent GitHub Atlassian Jira Unidentified, The History Channel José Reyes, PwC The Shackleton Journey Atlassian Confluence AWS Rekognition AWS Glue DataBrew AWS Redshift ML AWS Comprehend Steve Justice on LinkedIn Chris Mellon Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall  

Marshall Goldsmith unpacks the pervasive myths about happiness and provides an alternative path for finding fulfillment every day. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The three ingredients of a fulfilling life 2) Six powerful questions for increasing your happiness every day 3) The powerful mindset that stops people-pleasing Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep766 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MARSHALL — Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized for years as the world's leading executive coach and the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Mojo, and Triggers. He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In his coaching practice, Goldsmith has advised more than 200 major CEOs and their management teams. He and his wife live in Nashville, Tennessee.• Book: The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment • Book: Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be • Book: What Got You Here Won't Get You There • Book: How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job, with Sally Helgensen • Email: marshall@marshallgoldsmith.com • LinkedIn: Marshall Goldsmith • Website: MarshallGoldsmith.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: The Marshmallow Test • Book: Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall • Book: Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh • Video: Budweiser Clydesdale reuniting commercial and Budweiser donkey commercial See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the CEO of Imagine Think, Nora Herting helps expand the definition of creativity in the business world. As the author of the best-selling book, “Draw Your Big Idea,” Nora has inspired thousands to think visually to access their own creativity. Nora breaks down the myth that drawing is only for the creatives, and showcases real examples of how leaders can add another dimension to their ideas (and execution effectiveness)  through simple doodles. Listen in to  unlock and inspire others in new ways beyond the written word!   Key Takeaways [3:15] Nora shares insight about visual leadership. [5:00] Paintings have been a form of communication for thousands of years. [7:10] When we use our brain, we don't just use the right brain or the left brain hemispheres while doing a task, we use the entire brain. [9:10] If you or your team is stuck somewhere, try drawing a picture! [9:15] Nora explains how leaders can empower their staff to embrace their artistic side more effectively. [14:45] Jim shares an example of how powerful visuals are in a presentation to bring home the core message. [20:10] An important skill to have is to patiently wait for people to finish and to know when they've finished their point. [21:55] Nora shares the difference between having a liberal arts degree vs. an MBA. [25:35] Instead of looking within your industry and what the competition is doing, look elsewhere. Look at politics, cultural events, or other industries not related to you for inspiration. [28:05] Creatives and implementers tend to clash with one another, but Jim talks about the book Loonshots and how you can blend these two groups together for collaboration. [34:10] Nora offers resources on the types of visual tools leaders and teams can use. [35:55] Jim and Jan admit that their handwriting is horrible. It's hard to multitask when talking and writing. [37:00] If you have terrible handwriting, Nora offers a quick tip on how to fix this. [39:45] Listener challenge: Ask your team to draw out the description of their role and what they do every day.   Quotable Quotes “If you're stuck on a problem, try solving that problem visually.” “We are wired to think in pictures and we've been doing it as a species for so long.” “The business world has a real fascination with creativity, but it mystifies business leaders.” “Artists are looking outside for inspiration all the time. They're not just looking at what people in their field are doing but they're pulling things from all over, like science, politics, and cultural events.”   Resources Mentioned Sponsored by: Darley.com Imagethink.net Nora on Linkedin Nora on Instagram Grab Nora's book, Draw Your Big Idea: The Ultimate Creativity Tool for Turning Thoughts Into Action and Dreams Into Reality Think About 4u Conference Theartofvision.com Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall Jamboard.google.com

There's a simple way that businesses can stand out from the rest, and that's good copy. In this episode, Jay shares how copywriters can stand out from the rest when pitching companies and how a good copywriter can take a company to new heights.Jay shares his methods on how to nail a pitch, why you should vary your skillset, and how to research multiple industries to improve your knowledge base and skillset. If you're a business owner, this episode will help you pick the right copywriter, and if you're a copywriter, this episode will show you how to deliver the most impactful copy to your clients.Timestamps:•0:00 – Introduction•0:20 – Jay's advice to business owners to help them thrive•6:15 – How you can ace a pitch and stand out from the crowd•8:55 – Varying your skillset: How semantics landed a $50M deal with Mazda •11:10 – Asking the right questions: Be interested to be interesting•16:00 – The amazon.com school of business•19:00 – Researching the industry you're working with using Amazon•22:10 – How to develop an advantage•23:15 – Unlocking your inner greatness: Being a personal hedge fund

In Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws, renowned strategy consultant and best-selling author Geoff Tuff explains how people tend to act tentatively in the face of uncertainty, and shares the tools we need to do things differently.   Key Takeaways [3:50] Geoff loves being in ironic situations and exploring the concept of true irony. [4:50] At the core, Geoff is a behaviorist and loves to watch people and spot them in ironic situations. [7:15] If you're trying to be ironic, then you're not acting within the humility that's required in a leader. [11:00] Geoff's newest book, Provoke, is about empowering leaders to lead in times of uncertainty. [11:40] Every single day, leaders manage risk by using data to make educated decisions. In times of uncertainty, there's no metric you can use to make things certain again. Instead, you have to provoke a reaction in the market to test new waters. [16:00] Geoff shares some of the common cognitive biases we all have. [18:20] People aren't evolving fast enough. We have these biases for a reason: survival. Leaders can overcome it, but they can't do it alone. [21:20] It's hard for the brain to come up with, and think through, some of these complex technological thought experiments because we've never really had to live in that environment before. This is why you need cognitive diversity. [21:45] By having a diverse set of opinions, you're able to see a wide range of different paths in front of you. [23:30] AI can only get us so far. We still need human imagination to curate the AI experience. [26:15] There are five behaviors that make you a provoker, but you use each one differently based on context.  [29:00] Geoff explains why the act of sailing and sailors tend to have a natural ability to lead during times of uncertainty. [34:30] Sports are zero-sum games. You either win or you lose. In business, it doesn't have to be that way. You can call your own shots. [37:45] The most complicated action to take is “activation” to rally those around you for maximum collaboration potential. The ability for any individual organization to own a space or to do it alone is declining. You have to be a partner in the ecosystem if you want to succeed. [39:50] If your people are scared about the unknown, the key to breaking out of this is by taking small steps. [41:45] Geoff shares a client success story and how they used Provoke principles to break out of uncertainty. [46:20] Listener challenge: What made you successful so far is not going to continue to make you successful.   Quotable Quotes “Sarcasm is not a way to win friends and influence people.” “Ask a question to provoke a thought process in a way that elicits a response about the unknown.” We need a much wider field of vision to reduce cognitive biases.   Resources Mentioned Sponsored by: Darley.com Connect with Geoff: Deloitte.com and Geoff on LinkedIn Geoff books: Detonate: Why — And How — Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and bring a beginner's mind) To Survive & Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall & Safi on The Leadership Podcast Harrisiii.com & Harris III on The Leadership Podcast Pacesetting with Yvonne Scott on The Leadership Podcast

In this episode, Heather interviews Dr. Karaneh Jahan, who received her baccalaureate degree in Public Health with a minor in Spanish from Portland State University. She later attended Oregon Health and Science University where she obtained her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree. Dr. Kararen Janah worked at seven different dental practices in the span of two years in the search for a non-toxic work environment. After two years of working in negative work environments, she finally decided to open up her own practice. Dr. Jahan is also a certified Holistic Health and Lifestyle coach, helping her clients achieve their healthy mind and body goals, and ultimately to lead happier lives.

Safi Bahcall has a conversation with Tom about his book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. This episode is brought to you by Lumie, the original inventors of wake-up lights, whose Bodyclock Luxe 750DAB wake-up light mimics a natural sunrise and sunset. Shown to improve quality of sleep and to boost productivity in clinical trials, this remarkable device also features high quality audio with DAB+ radio, Bluetooth speakers, USB port and a selection of over 20 sleep/wake sounds. The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750DAB can transform the way you start and end your day, especially if you struggle to wake up in the morning and/or get to sleep at night - it certainly did for me. Go to lumie.com to find out more. This episode is brought to you by Modal Electronics, who make beautiful, innovative and powerful synthesisers. You can enjoy vibrant wavetable patches with their ARGON8 series. You can produce state-of-the-art analogue-style synth textures with their COBALT8 series. Go to modalelectronics.com to check out their incredible array of synthesisers.

Do you know what happens to your brain when you are sleeping? In a sense, a cleaning crew gets in there to clean out all the toxins so that your brain works better the next day. I know it sounds weird but it is exactly what happens. Listen as I begin this episode with that explanation. http://ens-newswire.com/2013/10/18/brain-cleans-itself-of-toxins-during-sleep/ Failure is often part of success. In fact, most great breakthrough ideas fail first and then get modified before they became a success. It often happens multiple times. Being open to learning from those early failures and being able to adapt your ideas is what helps make ideas prosper according to Safi Bahcall. Safi is a physicist and biotech entrepreneur and author of the book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases and Transform Industries (https://amzn.to/2GsXA8u). Listen as Safi offers insight and great examples of how important inventions and breakthroughs have happened by learning from failure and how we all can do it. Often the reason you get upset or stressed out is because things aren't the way you think they SHOULD be… Traffic should not be so heavy, your doctor should not keep you waiting – that type of thing. Listen as I explore how to change that thinking to relieve yourself of unnecessary frustration. http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/04/frustrated/ When I think of compulsive behavior, I think of people who wash their hands a lot or check to see if they locked the door or turned off the coffee pot 50 times a day. While that seems to be extreme compulsive behavior, how is it any different than checking your smart phone 86 times a day? (That's the average). Science writer Sharon Begley has explored this in her book Just Can't Stop: An Investigation of Compulsion (https://amzn.to/2IAUnHj). She joins me to reveal why compulsive behavior isn't necessarily bad and explains at what point it does become a problem and what to do about it. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Hims is helping guys be the best version of themselves with licensed medical providers and FDA approved products to help treat hair loss. Go to https://forhims.com/something Save time, money, and stress with Firstleaf – the wine club designed with you in mind! Join today and you'll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Learn about investment products and more at https://Investor.gov, your unbiased resource for valuable investment information, tools and tips. Before You Invest, https://Investor.gov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In Loonshots, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Drawing on the science of phase transitions, Bahcall shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how this new kind of science helps us understand the behavior of companies and the fate of empires. Loonshots distills these insights into lessons for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries everywhere. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

How do you find the next big idea — one that will change business or the world? As the main forces of R&D have moved out of government offices and into private businesses, many organizations lack the structure to properly engage them. How can companies encourage innovation and growth in our fast-moving world? What organizational changes can be implemented to create a structure that nurtures sky-high, implausible ideas that challenge conventional wisdom and lead us to our next innovation revolution? In this episode, Gautam Mukunda speaks with two best-selling authors and entrepreneurs. The physicist founder of a biotech company, Safi Bahcall, and author, investor, and startup CEO, David Kidder describe how to organize your teams and methods for a breakthrough. “I'm a huge believer in structure. Regardless of whether a company desires growth or not, most efficiency-driven, short-termism-driven cultures — I like to refer to them as the big to bigger — really are at war with growth in their incentive. The talent, the structure, and the models are not designed in any way to create growth as a natural order of their management. Trying to do innovation or disruption anywhere inside or near it is literally a fool’s errand.” — David S. Kidder Follow @GMukunda on Twitter   Books Referenced: Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth, by David Kidder and Christina Wallace Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance, by Gary P. Pisano and Willy Shih Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration, by Keith Ferrazzi Nabokov books Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman, Michelle Feynman Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography, by Janet Browne   Guest Info: Safi Bahcall is a physicist, a former public-company CEO, the founder of a biotechnology company specializing in cancer drugs, and the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. An instant WSJ bestseller, Loonshots has been translated into 18 languages; selected as a best business book of the year by Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., the Washington Post, and others; and recommended by Bill Gates, Daniel Kahneman, Ed Catmull, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and Malcolm Gladwell. Loonshots was the #1 most recommended book of the year in Bloomberg’s annual survey of CEOs and entrepreneurs. Safi received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard, completed his Ph.D. in physics at Stanford, and served for three years as a consultant at McKinsey and Company. In 2001, he co-founded Synta Pharmaceuticals. He led the company's IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, he was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors (PCAST) on the future of national research. Safi currently advises CEOs and leadership teams on strategy and innovation and is working on his next book. He lives with his wife and two children in Cambridge, MA.   David S. Kidder is an entrepreneur and an angel investor in over 40 companies. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Bionic, a company that unlocks new growth for the world's most competitive enterprises by leveraging the mindsets and methodologies of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Previously, he served as the co-founder and CEO of venture-backed startups Clickable and co-founded SmartRay Network. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, he received Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008. He is the creator and co-author of two-time New York Times bestselling series The Intellectual Devotional, The Startup Playbook and his latest book, New To Big, published in April 2019 with Penguin Random House. David can be found across all social platforms at @davidskidder and at onbionic.com and davidskidder.com.

We are joined by: Rear Admiral Seiko Okano, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems Lieutenant Commander Christina Carino, Action Officer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy - Ships Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Macus, Test & Trials Director, Amphibious Warfare Program Office for a discussion on bias, unique challenges for women, and leadership lessons applicable to all.   Book Recommendations:   RDML Okano's "must-read": The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose   How to change and adapt to culture:  The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall   On Empathy: The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World by Jamil Zaki   EDO Book Club  If you have not yet joined the Slack workspace, join by finding the invite link in the "Book Club Announcement" on EDO Main. ED LDF

COVID-19 vaccines are being administered this week in the United Kingdom, less than a year after COVID-19 became a devastating pandemic. And the vaccines from Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech, and Moderna use a new type of vaccine technology that’s sort of like cellular engineering. Traditional vaccines introduce fragments of virus protein into the body for it to learn to recognize and attack. These vaccines, however, use something called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to give the body a blueprint to manufacture its own virus fragments to attack. Molly Wood speaks with Safi Bahcall, a biotech investor and author of “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.” Your support makes our podcast possible — become a Marketplace Investor today to keep us going strong.

COVID-19 vaccines are being administered this week in the United Kingdom, less than a year after COVID-19 became a devastating pandemic. And the vaccines from Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech, and Moderna use a new type of vaccine technology that’s sort of like cellular engineering. Traditional vaccines introduce fragments of virus protein into the body for it to learn to recognize and attack. These vaccines, however, use something called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to give the body a blueprint to manufacture its own virus fragments to attack. Molly Wood speaks with Safi Bahcall, a biotech investor and author of “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.” Your support makes our podcast possible — become a Marketplace Investor today to keep us going strong.

COVID-19 vaccines are being administered this week in the United Kingdom, less than a year after COVID-19 became a devastating pandemic. And the vaccines from Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech, and Moderna use a new type of vaccine technology that’s sort of like cellular engineering. Traditional vaccines introduce fragments of virus protein into the body for it to learn to recognize and attack. These vaccines, however, use something called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to give the body a blueprint to manufacture its own virus fragments to attack. Molly Wood speaks with Safi Bahcall, a biotech investor and author of “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.” Your support makes our podcast possible — become a Marketplace Investor today to keep us going strong.

COVID-19 vaccines are being administered this week in the United Kingdom, less than a year after COVID-19 became a devastating pandemic. And the vaccines from Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech, and Moderna use a new type of vaccine technology that’s sort of like cellular engineering. Traditional vaccines introduce fragments of virus protein into the body for it to learn to recognize and attack. These vaccines, however, use something called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to give the body a blueprint to manufacture its own virus fragments to attack. Molly Wood speaks with Safi Bahcall, a biotech investor and author of “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.” Your support makes our podcast possible — become a Marketplace Investor today to keep us going strong.

In this podcast, we explore the first half of Safi Bahcall's "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries".

On the show today, Margaret Heffernan, serial entrepreneur, author and named one of the “Top 100 Media Executives” by The Hollywood Reporter, shows us how globalization and pervasive communication technologies have moved our world from one that was complicated to one that is highly complex – and much less predictable. To put it lightly, this change Impacts business where even small events can have a large impact. So, from a leadership perspective, how can you prepare for ‘how to think’ in this new emerging world? Margaret and I answer this question, share stories and discuss how leaders can develop a robust, resilient mindset to create community – the center of success. The recent pandemic has proven that this robust, resilient, and innovative thinking, and accepting complexity, is necessary for IT leaders to survive the unpredictability of this moment, tomorrow, and beyond. You have to accept the cost of redundancy and work that may turn out to look like waste. But, once you accept that you can't predict this stuff, you are so much better off having it in your back pocket, than having nothing at all in your back pocket when disaster strikes. Margaret Heffernan is the acclaimed author of six books. Her third book, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril, was named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. She was also awarded the Transmission Prize for her next book, A Bigger Prize: Why Competition isn’t Everything and How We Do Better. Her TED talks have been seen by over eleven million people around the globe; and her new book, Uncharted: How to Map the Future, to be published in September 2020, looks at the many diverse reasons why complexity is here to stay.   This is an amazingly relevant conversation that you just don’t want to miss! Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: Why is the world becoming harder to forecast? What’s the difference between a complicated vs. a complex environment? Why is it harder to lead in a complex world? What will the strategic requirements be to restart your workforce? What is ‘robust thinking’ and how does it relate to resilience? Why is it so important for organizations to take care of, and cultivate their unique ecosystem? Why is it important for organizations to remember that people are part of their infrastructure? Is efficiency and ‘running lean’ always the best choice for an organization? Why does IT understand redundancy better than other sectors?  How to Connect with Margaret Heffernan: LinkedIn     Twitter     Website  Blog Guest Bio Dr. Margaret Heffernan is a Professor of Practice at the University of Bath, Lead Faculty for the Forward Institute’s Responsible Leadership Programme and, through Merryck & Co., mentors CEOs and senior executives of major global organizations. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath and continues to write for the Financial Times and the Huffington Post. Books written by Margaret Heffernan: Uncharted: How to Map the Future, by Margaret Heffernan. Initially released in February 2020, to be republished by Simon & Schuster, September 2020. Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril, by Margaret Heffernan. Published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 2011. Other References from the Podcast: TED Talks | TEDSummit | More News and Ideas from Margaret Heffernan Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall, 3/19/2019 Richard J. Hatchett, M.D., Acting Director of BARDA, Center of Epidemic Preparedness. Jos de Blok, Dutch Economist Leave a Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about my company, RedZone Technologies, and our security expertise, in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.   Credits + Other Stuff Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn  

Safi Bahcall is one of the few 2nd time guests on What Got You There which should tell you how much Sean respects him! Safi was first featured on episode #126 , if you have not heard that pause this and checkout that episode! Safi was a former physicist turned biotech CEO where he went on to lead his company to IPO and serve as the CEO for 13 years. Safi is also author of the bestselling book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries which is on Bill Gate’s must read list. Safi's Episode Notes Safi's Episode Transcript Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://www.bahcall.com/

My first guest is Olivier Sibony. Olivier is one of the world’s top scholars in the field of behavioural strategy and strategic decision making. What better topics for a time where we are all making choices while trying to work our way through radical uncertainty. I hope you enjoy the conversation!Related material-- Olivier’s new book: You're about to make a terrible mistake https://www.amazon.com/Youre-About-Make-Terrible-Mistake/dp/0316494984 -- Olivier's webinar: Cognitive Biases and Decision-Making in the Covid-19 Crisis - in English (https://youtu.be/RhAKzmpwpzw?t=286) - en Français (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6IAOM3Ei2o)-- HBR article co-authored by Olivier: The Big Idea: Before You Make That Big Decision… https://hbr.org/2011/06/the-big-idea-before-you-make-that-big-decision-- Olivier’s recommended book: Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07D2BKVQR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Host: Matt Mulford | Guest: Olivier Sibony | Editor: Théophile Letort See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our accountability coach Elizabeth Cook takes over the BizChix podcast this week. She rounds up the avid readers in our BizChix community to give their recommendations for Business Beach Reads. Going to the beach may not be possible for many of us right now but it’s always possible to continually improve by learning and reading. Join the BizChix Community Book Recommendations: Abby Herman - They Ask You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today's Digital Consumer by Marcus Sheridan  Danielle Liss - Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott and anything by Patrick Lencioni Erica Mandy - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear  Helen Jacobs - Winging It: Stop Thinking, Start Doing: Why Action Beats Planning Every Time by Emma Isaacs Elizabeth Cook - Overcoming Underearning: Overcome Your Money Fears and Earn What You Deserve by Barbara Stanny Melina Palmer - A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger Reena Philpot - Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall  Shelli Warren - The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities by Patrick M. Lencioni  Connect With Abby Herman: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Podcast Connect With Danielle Liss: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Connect With Erica Mandy: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Podcast Connect With Helen Jacobs: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Connect with Melina Palmer: Website Twitter Linkedin Podcast Connect with Reena Philpot: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab This episode was first published at BizChix.com/423. Subscribe to our sister podcast, Stacking Your Team, on your podcast app or at BizChix.com/category/team.

John Rogers is the author of The Renaissance Campaign - a mindset that has put him at the helm of a billion-dollar transportation company, working alongside Michael J Fox promoting the advancement of stem cell research, and testifying in front of the U.S. Senate. His core worldview posits that most all challenges can be solved with the right mix of holistic thinking coupled with an effective high-impact campaign.    Key Takeaways [3:45] If you don’t have revenue, you’re not a business. Leaders often find themselves so busy working in the business that they end up not working on the business. The same holds true in government. [7:15] Whether it be non-profit, business, or government, they’re not making conscious time to create space for the long-term picture and the health of the organization. A piece of this is that they don’t know how and they don’t have the discipline. [12:05] The Cassandra Syndrome is something that occurs when you know what’s going to happen, but nobody believes you. This applies to things like climate change and artificial intelligence. [14:30] Our society has become so wonderfully specialized, but that can also get in our way. [15:35] Today’s problems require multiple heads with multiple expertise to solve for. [16:15] In order to get holistic thinking into an organization, it first starts with getting some creatives in the door. [18:55] In order to break out of silos within your organization, you need to have diversity of thought. [23:55] John immerses a wide variety of people in a room for a couple of days and doesn’t give them a break. This is to see how they work under pressure. [26:35] John’s coach made him go through an exercise to use three words to describe himself in all areas of life. It was a tough challenge because of all the words that you end up leaving behind. [34:45] John shares a little bit about the stem cell work he did with actor Michael J. Fox.   Quotable Quotes “We have short-term challenges that leaders have to navigate, but we have bigger, long-term challenges at the same time.” “We are all prisoners of our own perspective.” “The naysayers, they disappear, they get swallowed up.”   Resources Mentioned Johnrogers360.com The Renaissance Campaign: A Problem-Solving Formula for Your Biggest Challenges, by John Rogers Connect with John on Twitter: @_JohnRogers360 Tom Wujec — “First, tell me how you make toast” — TED Talks Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall   The Leadership Podcast is Sponsored by:     Cultivate Grit. Amplify Action. Investing in yourself isn’t selfish. Click HERE to get gritty!     Free downloads of Quick Reference Guides on Delegation, Time Management, Sales, and more.  

Why do good teams kill great ideas? When does the wisdom of crowds become the tyranny of crowds? Bahcall's talk from SXSW 2019 reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about radical breakthroughs.   Follow Safi Bahcall here: www.bahcall.com Twitter Linkedin Facebook Read Bahcall's book 'Loonshots' on Amazon

Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist, a biotech entrepreneur, a former public company CEO, and bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. He was also on President Obama’s Council of Science Advisors and it was during that time that he started down the path that would lead him to write Loonshots.    What Safi realized was that there is a better way to change the culture of an organization. When giving his explanation he uses the example of a glass of water. When the water is room temperature you can swirl the water with your finger and it will slosh around. But when the temperature is lowered and the water freezes it becomes rigid and you cannot insert your finger anymore.    He says, “You can think of culture as that pattern of behavior that you see on the surface. You have a wildly political culture or a very innovative culture. You have molecules that are totally rigid or they're sloshing around. You can think of structure as what's underneath that drives those patterns of behavior. So in a glass of water, a small change in temperature can transform you between those two behaviors. So the reason it matters so much is that no amount of yelling at your employees to, "Hey, everybody, let's innovate more," or, "Let's watch two-hour movies about brotherhood or sing Kumbaya." All of that stuff won't make much difference, just like yelling at a block of ice, "Hey, molecules, could you all loosen up a little bit?" It's not gonna melt that block of ice. But a small change in temperature can get the job done. A small change in temperature can melt steel. And so that's what the core idea is. It's what are those equivalents of the small change in temperature or sprinkling salt in a glass of water, that can have a big impact on the patterns of behavior that you see on the difference between a political culture versus an innovative culture.”   How do you change your organization’s “temperature”? Essentially it is about what the leaders reward and what they celebrate. If you reward rank only, then your organization is going to have a very political culture because everyone is fighting against each other to get a higher rank. On the other hand, if you reward and celebrate intelligent risk taking and results, then Safi says you “naturally create environments where people are pulled to innovate rather than pushed or yelled at from the top to innovate.”    Leaders also need to get to know their individual employees in order to personalize incentives. Not everyone is motivated by money. Some people are motivated by new opportunities, some by having a choice in what projects they work on, some want to get public recognition. The more you can personalize rewards, the better.    Of course, CEOs of large companies don’t usually have the time to figure out what every employee is motivated by, and that is why Safi believes every organization should have a person or a team in place to create and maintain these personalized incentive packages. Just like organizations have a Chief Revenue Officer and a Chief Technology Officer, they should also have a Chief Incentives Officer.    “If you're running a company, which would you rather have? A workforce that's got the best gadgets of anybody in your industry or the most motivated workforce in your industry? Personally, I'd rather have the most motivated workforce. Yet, what companies have as they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on Chief Technology Officers. And then, you know HR is sort of a back-office afterthought. But imagine if you thought of it strategically. You have a budget. How do you think just as strategically about using that budget to incentivize your people? Like you do with a Chief Revenue Officer to use your marketing budget or a Chief Technology Officer to get the best product. What if you could make that a weapon?” What you will learn: How small changes can have a big impact on the culture of an organization The best way to approach incentives Safi’s unique advice for entrepreneurs Whether or not we should get rid of hierarchy The two forces working in every organization and how to manage them What is intelligent risk-taking and why leaders should encourage it

Trouver sa voie est peut-être l’une des choses les plus difficile, surtout lorsqu’on est encore étudiant. Comment vraiment savoir ce que l’on veut faire dans la vie, quel travail, quelle carrière nous correspondent le mieux ? C’est en tentant de répondre à ces questions qu’Adrien Ledoux a lancé JobTeaser. “Le fait d’avouer tes faiblesses t’aide à progresser et te permet de devenir plus efficace dans ton travail.”Dans cet épisode vous apprendrez pourquoi il est primordial de connaître et d’accepter ses failles et ses faiblesses. Pourquoi se connaître est une des clés de la réussite et comment générer des feedbacks sincères de votre entourage.“Nous n’avons jamais eu la vision de créer une boîte aussi grosse.”En plus de cela, vous saurez tout sur le parcours d’Adrien. De ses années en pension pas toujours faciles, à son premier crush professionnel chez Bain avec Nicolas Lombard, son associé de toujours, jusqu’à la création de JobTeaser. Vous apprendrez également comment ils l’ont fait grossir tranquillement entre 2008 et 2015 avant de faire trois levées de fond de 3, 15 et 50 millions.Vous découvrirez aussi la méthode “answer first” qu’il utilisait chez Bain et repartirez avec une pile à livres énorme ! Un échange trop court, chaleureux, transparent, et riche en enseignements !J’embrasse Charlotte Mouraret qui nous a mis en relation. Je salue également Milisa pour son passage dans l’émission. On a parlé du test de Process Communication qu’Adrien et Nicolas ont fait avec la coach Laetitia. On a aussi parlé de livres : Loonshot : How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, Safi BahcallHigh Output Management, Andrew S. GroveWho : The A Method for Hiring, Geoff Smart et Randy StreetOptimisez votre équipe: les cinq dysfonctions d'une équipe, Patrick LencioniTribe of Mentors: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers, Tim FerrissRadical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, Kim ScottAvec Adrien, on a cité des anciens épisodes : #51 Jacob Abbou - si on arrête de pédaler on se casse la gueule#67 Pierre-Alexis Bizot-“Domingo” : qui a dit que jouer à des jeux vidéos ne vous mènerait nulle…#68 Mercedes Erra - BETC- réussir le défi de sauver la publicité française#118 Stan Leloup – Marketing Mania – Comment convaincre des inconnus de vous envoyer de l’argent ?#121 Olivier Sibony – Comment prendre de meilleures décisions et être plus créatif ?#122 Vincent Huguet – Malt – Comment faire travailler plus de 170.000 freelances ?Merci à Morgan pour la musique et le mixage. Contactez-le sur studio-module.com !

Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and entrepreneur, whose first book, Loonshots, has been described as a cross between Freakonomics and the da Vinci Code. At the heart of the book is a philosophy which is foundational for everything we do at OutsideLens: that you can learn a great deal by applying the tools and techniques from one world, in this case the world of physics and to a lesser extent psychology, to the world of innovation in business.  Read the full article here: https://outsidelens.com/loonshots-innovation-through-the-lens-of-a-psysicist/  What Was Covered:   How the structure of a company, rather than its culture, enables or disables innovation  The two basic phases in any organisation – who are “artists” and “soldiers” and how to achieve an equilibrium between them   The three key elements to build a sustainable innovation system – the metaphor of the ice cube, the garden hoe and the heart  Key Takeaways and Learnings:   Using the lens of phase transitions to understand and benefit from structural forces which operate in any organization     Why leaders need to keep their artists and soldiers separate when they want to engage in innovation   Persistence as the main factor of innovation and how “the rule of three deaths” applies to science and business breakthroughs   Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, a book by Safi Bahcall Safi Bahcall's website Connect with Safi on LinkedIn and Twitter McKinsey & Company – Global Management Consulting The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology – PCAST Science the Endless Frontier – A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, a book by Richard Thaler Thinking, Fast and Slow, a book by Daniel Kahneman

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we feature a conversation with Brian Kingston and Michael McAdoo on the topic of a recent piece they published in the Financial Times, “Get ready for the U.S.-China sideswipe: Phase one trade truce could be devastating for Canadian exporters.” The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios:

- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

 - Brian Kingston: CGAI fellow and Business Council of Canada Vice President, International Trade and Fiscal Issues. - Michael McAdoo: Boston Consulting Group Montreal-based partner, and co-leads worldwide trade and investment practice for the firm. Recommended Readings:

- "The Plain in Flames” by Juan Rulfo (https://www.amazon.ca/Plain-Flames-Juan-Rulfo/dp/0292743858) - "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” by Safi Bahcall (https://www.amazon.ca/Loonshots-Nurture-Diseases-Transform-Industries/dp/125018596) - "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media” by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking (https://www.amazon.ca/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743) Related Links:

"Get ready for the U.S.-China sideswipe: Phase one trade truce could be devastating for Canadian exporters” [Financial Post opinion piece] (https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/get-ready-for-the-u-s-china-sideswipe-phase-one-trade-truce-could-be-devastating-for-canadian-exporters) Recording Date: February 27, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

What does it take to write the most-recommended business book of the year? Safi Bahcall, author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, talks about learning to write (and rewrite) a business book that matters, and it's pure gold for anyone who has the same ambition.  This is straight talking and ruthlessly practical: people don't care about ideas, and people don't care about you, so how do you find a way of communicating your ideas in ways that DO engage them?  And just as importantly, how can you have fun while you do it?  Brilliant advice from one of the world's most brilliant brains. 

Safi Bahcall received his BA in physics from Harvard and his PhD from Stanford. He co-founded Synta Pharmaceuticals—a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer.  He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, he was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he served on the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Safi is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. The book was selected by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain, and Adam Grant for the Next Big Idea Club.   Some interesting insights from this episode: “Very often people go on a path that the world expects them to without ever pausing to say ‘why am I doing this?'” For an entrepreneur, the critical ingredient for success in building a company is surrounding yourself with talented executives and then bridging the divide between people who wouldn't naturally interact with one another. Culture are the patterns of behavior you see on the surface in an organization while structure is what's underneath that's driving those patterns of behavior. The activities being rewarded (i.e. incentive structures) will drive the culture.  So it's the structure that's ultimately most important in influencing behavior. As companies mature, employees tend to shift from focusing on collective goals toward focusing more on careers and promotions. To reduce that behavioral shift, you want to minimize the growth in compensation that comes with each level in the organization.  In addition, you want to maximize span of control.  With fewer promotions and less of a financial incentive as you move up the organization, employees will focus more on their projects and less on corporate politics. You want some employees focused on activities that reduce risk and another set of employees focused on maximizing intelligent risk taking. Effective leaders create a dynamic equilibrium between these two groups and are able to effectively balance the core with the new. Most innovative products will have at least one or two false fails on their way to achieving significant market traction. The key to success is to get really good at investigating failure and not just accepting it on face value.  Companies need to create a new C-suite role called a Chief Incentives Officer whose job is to design customized incentive packages to motivate employees and optimize outcomes. “Excellence is always striving to improve yourself and improve your performance.”

Originally posted on: https://www.myasbn.com/small-business/management/safi-bahcall-best-selling-author-of-loonshots-shares-the-science-behind-nurturing-innovation/ In the world of business, risky and innovative ideas have been rejected at times due to the culture of the company. Today’s guest reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenge radical breakthroughs regarding culture. Here to speak more about “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” is a nationally recognized author, biotech entrepreneur, and former public-company CEO, Safi Bahcall. Safi’s latest book has become a Wall Street Journal best-seller, voted the “Best Business Book” by companies like Forbes, Amazon, and the Washing Post, and has even been recommended by renowned business champion Bill Gates. --------------------- Atlanta Small Business Network is your local source for business news, information, resources, best practices and event coverage. From start-up to success, we are your go-to resource for small businesses in Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.myasbn.com/ CONNECT WITH US! Contact us: Info@myasbn.com Subscribe: https://www.myasbn.com/subscribe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyASBN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myasbn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyASBN Podcasts: https://www.myasbn.com/podcast/ Category People & Blogs

Safi Bahcall's Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St. Martin's Press, 2019) reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science―the science of phase transitions―to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Enigma Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer are the hosts of the excellent podcast Curiosity Daily. Subscribe to Curiosity Daily here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safi Bahcall's Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St. Martin's Press, 2019) reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science―the science of phase transitions―to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Enigma Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer are the hosts of the excellent podcast Curiosity Daily. Subscribe to Curiosity Daily here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics

Safi Bahcall's Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St. Martin's Press, 2019) reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science―the science of phase transitions―to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Enigma Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer are the hosts of the excellent podcast Curiosity Daily. Subscribe to Curiosity Daily here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safi Bahcall's Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St. Martin's Press, 2019) reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science―the science of phase transitions―to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Enigma Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer are the hosts of the excellent podcast Curiosity Daily. Subscribe to Curiosity Daily here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safi Bahcall's Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St. Martin's Press, 2019) reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science―the science of phase transitions―to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Enigma Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer are the hosts of the excellent podcast Curiosity Daily. Subscribe to Curiosity Daily here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews physicist and biotech entrepreneur Safi Bahcall, author of 2019's "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases and Transform Industries."

Learn about why your taste buds aren’t the only part of your body that help you enjoy the flavor of food. Then, learn about the two major forces that determine what a group of people can accomplish, with physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall. Additional resources from Safi Bahcall: Pick up “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2DUj5yd Follow @SafiBahcall on Twitter — https://twitter.com/safibahcall Official Website — https://www.bahcall.com/  Subscribe to the New Books Network to hear our full interview with Safi Bahcall — https://newbooksnetwork.com/ The Taste Receptors Beyond Your Tongue by Grant Currin Sources: Taste receptors in the gastrointestinal system | Flavour — https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2044-7248-4-14  Your Gut Has Taste Receptors | ScienceDaily — https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070820175426.htm  Gut feelings | Knowable Magazine — https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/health-disease/2018/gut-feelings  T1R3 and gustducin in gut sense sugars to regulate expression of Na+-glucose cotransporter 1 | PNAS — https://www.pnas.org/content/104/38/15075 Subscribe to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Plus, Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to Curiosity Daily as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

Click here (cogentanalytics.com/profit) for your Accelerator Discovery Session from Cogent Analytics or call/text Andrew (770) 713-3333 Welcome to Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast, with your Host, Marcus Aurelius Anderson... Safi Bahcall: How to Create Your Own Loonshot in Business and Life Safi Bahcall is a physicist, an award-winning entrepreneur, the former CEO of a biotechnology company specializing in cancer drugs, and the bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Senator Bob Kerrey wrote: If The Da Vinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots. SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… grow a high-profit business that makes an impact. Help your friends Become a Conscious Millionaire! They will thank you for it. Conscious Millionaire Network has over 2,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts! Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast is an entrepreneurial, business, and mindset show that reveals the secrets of the world's Entrepreneur Epic Achievers. Join Marcus Aurelius Anderson as he goes inside the minds of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, and experts who teach you how they turned their greatest Adversities into their most Epic Wins. 

Click here (cogentanalytics.com/profit) for your Accelerator Discovery Session from Cogent Analytics or call/text Andrew (770) 713-3333 Welcome to Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast, with your Host, Marcus Aurelius Anderson... Safi Bahcall: How to Create Your Own Loonshot in Business and Life Safi Bahcall is a physicist, an award-winning entrepreneur, the former CEO of a biotechnology company specializing in cancer drugs, and the bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Senator Bob Kerrey wrote: If The Da Vinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots. SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast…and turn their big impact into their First Million. They will thank you for it. Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast is an entrepreneurial, business, and mindset show that reveals the secrets of the world’s Entrepreneur Epic Achievers. Join Marcus Aurelius Anderson as he goes inside the minds of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, and experts who teach you how they turned their greatest Adversities into their most Epic Wins.   Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts!

Click here (cogentanalytics.com/profit) for your Accelerator Discovery Session from Cogent Analytics or call/text Andrew (770) 713-3333 Welcome to Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast, with your Host, Marcus Aurelius Anderson... Safi Bahcall: How to Create Your Own Loonshot in Business and Life Safi Bahcall is a physicist, an award-winning entrepreneur, the former CEO of a biotechnology company specializing in cancer drugs, and the bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Senator Bob Kerrey wrote: If The Da Vinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots. SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… grow a high-profit business that makes an impact. Help your friends Become a Conscious Millionaire! They will thank you for it. Conscious Millionaire Network has over 2,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts! Conscious Millionaire Epic Achiever Podcast is an entrepreneurial, business, and mindset show that reveals the secrets of the world’s Entrepreneur Epic Achievers. Join Marcus Aurelius Anderson as he goes inside the minds of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, and experts who teach you how they turned their greatest Adversities into their most Epic Wins. 

Learn about the surprising Medieval history of almond milk. Then, learn how some basic physics principles can help us understand why good teams kill great ideas, with physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how almond milk was a gourmet luxury in the Middle Ages: https://curiosity.com/topics/almond-milk-was-a-gourmet-luxury-in-the-middle-ages-curiosity  Additional resources from Safi Bahcall: Pick up “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2DUj5yd Follow @SafiBahcall on Twitter — https://twitter.com/safibahcall Official Website — https://www.bahcall.com/  Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

Entrepreneur, physicist, and author Safi Bahcall explains “loonshots” and how Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry, can help us understand where good ideas come from. Plus: learn about why illness puts your brain in a fog, and new research that found a place on Earth where there’s no life.  Additional resources from Safi Bahcall: Pick up “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2DUj5yd Follow @SafiBahcall on Twitter — https://twitter.com/safibahcall Official Website — https://www.bahcall.com/  Other sources: Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study | University of Birmingham via EurekAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/uob-lbi111519.php  Selective effects of acute low-grade inflammation on human visual attention | NeuroImage — https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1053811919306895  What is an extremophile? | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/extremophile.html  Extremophiles and Extreme Environments | National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187170/   The Father of Modern Spaceflight Was Originally Mocked By The New York Times | Curiosity.com — https://curiosity.com/topics/the-father-of-modern-spaceflight-was-originally-mocked-by-the-new-york-times-curiosity/ Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

Entrepreneur, physicist, and author Safi Bahcall shares a simple trick for staying motivated in the face of adversity. You’ll also learn about why things sound louder in the morning and the science of the winter solstice. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com about the science of the winter solstice: https://curiosity.im/35jNGRv  Additional resources from Safi Bahcall: Pick up “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2DUj5yd Follow @SafiBahcall on Twitter — https://twitter.com/safibahcall Official Website — https://www.bahcall.com/  Additional sources: Q & A: Why are sounds louder at night? Does light affect sound? | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Physics — https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=23198&t=why-are-sounds-louder-at-night-does-light-affect-sound  Here's Why Sound Carries Farther on Cold Days | Curiosity — https://curiosity.com/topics/heres-why-sound-carries-farther-on-cold-days-curiosity/  Adaptation: Why your brain loves to tune out | BBC Future — https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120508-why-your-brain-loves-to-tune-out  Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

Loonshot (n): a neglected project, widely dismissed, its champion written off as unhinged We all know of moonshots, a grand idea we can get behind. But we sat down with Safi Bahcall, a physicist and former biotech entrepreneur, to understand a counter term he came up with: loonshots. Bahcall claims many ideas and innovations, when they are first proposed, are seen as mere fantasies from the minds of slightly (or very) crazy people. From the telephone to the computer, several game-changing ideas were turned down — in fact, microwave radar, which detected German U-boats at sea and helped us gain the upper hand during WWII, also, initially, fell under the radar. Who knows how many countless, similar innovative ideas have been dismissed? In his new book, “Loonshots - How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”, Bahcall wants to change the structure of how we accept and cultivate these possibly, life-changing ideas.

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In his new Wall Street Journal bestseller, “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries,” Safi Bahcall brilliantly explains what behaviors differentiate organizations that repeatedly birth new ideas – ones that often change the world or at least ensure their business endures – from the those that unwittingly resist change and inadvertently kill them. Microsoft founder, Bill Gates picked “Loonshots” one of his must reads for 2019. Authors Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Adam Grant and Susan Cain collectively named it one of the “two most groundbreaking non-fiction reads of the season.”  At a time when just about every business is ripe for some kind of disruption, the ideas Bahcall shares on represent rather timely and essential leadership know-how.  The future of your career – and organizations – might even depend on it.

A lifelong innovator and expert on innovative practices, Safi Bahcall shares his process for nurturing “Loonshots” - the crazy ideas that disrupt industries, cure diseases, and change the world.In this interview, Safi dives into how good ideas are often killed by great teams and how we can develop the skills to nurture and encourage “Loonshots.” Safi also discusses company culture and organizational structure, why companies need to separate their innovators from executors, the importance of getting incentives right, and why “failing fast” is not the best path toward innovation.Safi worked for three years as a consultant for McKinsey before co-founding a biotechnology company that developed new drugs for treating cancer. Safi regularly speaks with senior executives about how to implement the ideas in his bestselling book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.”

Imagine getting a call from Barack Obama. In and of itself, that doesn’t sound like a usual day at the office. But beyond that, imagine getting a call from then-President Barack Obama asking you to work on the US Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. A team of individuals who role it is to advise the office of the President on the scientific and technological issues requiring attention the highest levels of Governemnet.If you’re a second-generation physicist, son of two astrophysicists and a biotech entrepreneur working on a cure for cancer - when that call comes - you vaguely consider faking the flu - and then jump straight in with both feet.This was the position that my guest today found themselves in. Luckily for Safi Bahcall, working on what he calls ‘loonshots’ is in his blood. Having already become fascinated - for very personal reasons that we’ll get into - with what (all too often) makes good teams kill great ideas. Safi started to research some of the great ideas that have already influenced the course of humanity - and what he found was surprising. Thanks to NASA, we’re trained to think that the key to innovation is to aim for moonshots - seemingly huge audacious goals. However - what he found - was that it wasn’t in fact moonshots that created the first long distance phone call, or that created the technology that helped the Allies to win the second world war - it was something else. Something he now calls - a loonshot.Safi studied at Harvard and received his PhD in physics from Stanford. He was also a Miller Fellow in physics at UC Berkeley and worked as a consultant with McKinsey. Having co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer. He then also went on to lead its IPO and serve as its CEO for 13 years. To add to that extraordinary list of accolades - he is now also the author of a book you have to check out - Loonshots - How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries’. This interview was one of my favorite types - the type that goes far and wide, fusing a variety of different worlds - in order to create an altogether new perspective on an important topic. Some of those threads included:The real difference between a moonshot and a loonshot (and the fascinating history behind the concept of moonshots)Why understanding the molecular structure of water - at exactly 32 degrees Fareinheight - is pivotal to structuring teams that aren’t afraid to take important risksHow the traditional viewpoint ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’ should be replaced with ‘structure eats culture for lunch’Why every organisation that requires innovation as it’s lifeblood - in that read every organisation - needs to have an Chief Incentives OfficerHow to love your artists and soldiers equally in order to effectively fill the gap between innovation and execution - this one huge for me...And finally - why any type of innovative ‘loonshot’ thinking requires mental space - and one of the best tools I have comes across in a long time to quiet the never ending mental chatter of your mindIf you ask Safi his greatest weapon in attempting to achieve the impossible - he will tell you it’s curiosity. Curiosity that came from having astrophysicists for parents. Curiosity that took him from consulting to the United States military, to starting his own Biotech company to cure the greatest health issue of our time - and that it’s this curiosity that’s at the heart of anyone that’s ever been crazy enough to attempt a loonshot.So - get curious. Sit back, strap in - and join me for an epic fusion of the unexpected, at the surface unrelated, but utterly compelling ideas - of Safi Bahcall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Safi Bahcall is a physicist and an award-winning entrepreneur. His insights into business success look at the factors that motivate behavior in organizations—and those motivations are not what you’ll learn in business school. Today Safi joins the show to share these insights and more from his book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Listen in as he explains why good teams with excellent people and the best intentions kill great ideas, as well as what we can do about it. You'll learn what a “phase change” is, why we should be paying more attention to human motivation and human incentives, and more. You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://bit.ly/2IINx0W 

Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and biotech entrepreneur. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard, and has a PhD in physics from Stanford. Safi also co-founded a biotech company developing new drugs for cancer, and served as CEO for 13 years. He joins the show to talk about how leaders can implement the ideas in his book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (a book Bill Gates recently highlighted). He discusses why we must investigate failure, and the differences between structure and culture.    ~~~~~ ~~~~~  The Leadership Podcast is proud to announce a new initiative with thoughtLEADERS to provide very short podcasts called “chalk talks.” They’re “bitesize” hacks on common (but challenging) leadership issues.    You can only access the Chalk Talks by subscribing to our mailing list at The Leadership Podcast.    ~~~~~ ~~~~~    Key Takeaways  [3:39] Safi was hungry to learn about something other than culture as a leader and manager. He would see companies with so called great cultures not have sustainable success, and wanted to get to the root of what actually made a big difference. While working with President Obama’s Council of Science and Technology, he found that small changes in structure rather than culture, created an environment for radical breakthrough.  [9:12] Great leaders make time to study the history and historical references that can help them leverage ideas and concepts. For example, Vennevar Bush had one of the greatest impacts on the growth of science and technology from the World War II era, but he is not a large part of commonly talked about history.  [15:24] Great leaders help bridge the gap between people in a group, and balance the delicate line between radical innovation and execution.  [2010} Structure is made up of many small things and attributes that drive behavior, which in turn shapes the culture. Laying the foundation for a strong structure takes a while, and is not something that should be rushed into.  [30:29] You want to nurture the Loonshots, or “crazy ideas” inside the company, because competitors may instead give it a try and find it works successfully for them.  [32:08] Two pieces of advice Safi has for leaders:  Be a gardener, not Moses.  Focus on the balance within the structure, and help when there are blockages.   [38:11] The term “LSE” means we should listen to the suck with curiosity.  Every innovation sucks at first, and the great innovators are the ones who can take off their rejection hats, and investigate failure with curiosity.  [42:42] Safi’s challenge: Think about what it you are doing today that experts are telling you could never work. Realize there are no experts of the future.    Strategic Partner Beyond the Uniform offers over 300 free episodes to help military Veterans succeed in their civilian career. This includes overviews of potential career paths, deep dives on necessary skills to succeed, and reviews of other free services that support the military Veteran community. You can find more info at BeyondTheUniform.org.   Quotable Quotes    “History doesn’t repeat. People repeat.”  Every innovation will look ugly at first.”  “There are no experts of the future.”  “Listen to the suck with curiosity.”      Website | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   Loonshots  The Treatment  Vannevar Bush  Dunbar’s Number  Gore  Microsoft  Arpanet  Peter Thiel  Friendster  Judah Folkman   

Safi Bahcall, pysicist and biotech entrepreneur, joins host Harbir Singh on Mastering Innovation to discuss his book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”, which explores groundbreaking innovations that almost never saw the light of day! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this AHA Advancing Health Podcast, author Safi Bahcall shares innovation lessons from his recent book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Disease, and Transform Industries, that health care leaders can apply.

Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, which debuted #3 on Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, and nations can use that to innovate faster and better.Safi received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company specializing in developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, Safi was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors on the future of national research. In this episode, we talk about many things we haven’t covered before, including hypnosis, conquering insomnia, thoughts on depression, optimizing incentives, and much more. You can also listen to my first interview with Safi at tim.blog/safi. Please enjoy!This podcast is brought to you by Peloton, which has become a staple of my daily routine. I picked up this bike after seeing the success of my friend Kevin Rose, and I've been enjoying it more than I ever imagined. Peloton is an indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right to your home. No worrying about fitting classes into your busy schedule or making it to a studio with a crazy commute.New classes are added every day, and this includes options led by elite NYC instructors in your own living room. You can even live stream studio classes taught by the world's best instructors, or find your favorite class on demand.Peloton is offering listeners to this show a special offer: Enter the code you heard during the Peloton ad of this episode at checkout to receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase. This is a great way to get in your workouts, or an incredible gift. That's onepeloton.com and enter the code you heard during the Peloton ad of this episode to receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase.This episode is also brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs, which offers a smarter system for the hiring process. If you’ve ever hired anyone (or attempted to), you know finding the right people can be difficult. If you don’t have a direct referral from someone you trust, you’re left to use job boards that don’t offer any real-world networking approach.LinkedIn, as the world’s largest professional network, which is used by more than 70 percent of the US workforce, has a built-in ecosystem that allows you to not only search for employees, but also interact with them, their connections, and their former employers and colleagues in a way that closely mimics real-life communication. Visit LinkedIn.com/Tim and receive a $50 credit toward your first job post!***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim: Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

This week on the Cheeky Scientist Radio Show we are joined by Safi Bahcall, physicist, biotech entrepreneur, and author of the national bestseller Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. We are also joined by Heather Brown-Harding, PhD, Assistant Director of Wake Forest Microscopy, who will discuss her transition into a microscopy career and how other PhDs can pursue this career.

Chris sits down today with Safi Bahcall--physicist, biotech entrepreneur and author of the recent book: "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries."We talk about his career and using curiosity to check in with his direction, and we dive in to his recent book and talk about incentivizing innovation, making sure that both the artists and the soldiers feel equally loved, and why talking about "disruption" is for historians. Nurture the crazy ideas, and you too might just change the world. Chris also talks about giving in to the absurdity of the world of business. Pick up a copy of Loonshots. Read "Sisyphus Smiled: How to Embrace the Absurdity of Business"Check us out!Facebook: MondaypodLinkedIn: MondaypodTwitter: @Mondaypod1IG: @Mondaypod

In this episode of Critical Matters, we discuss lessons learned from the clinical use of Angiotensin II (GIAPREZA™), which was approved for use in patients with vasodilatory shock a little over a year ago. Our guest is Dr. Lakhmir S. Chawla, Chief Medical Officer of La Jolla Pharmaceutical in San Diego, California. Dr. Chawla was the designer and lead investigator of the ATHOS (Angiotensin II for the Treatment of High Output Shock) trial which results led to the ATHOS 3 trial, (The Phase 3 clinical trial of angiotensin II, for the treatment of catecholamine-resistant hypotension). ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: ATHOS-3 Clinical Trial. Randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of Angiotensin II in raising blood pressure in vasodilatory shock: https://bit.ly/2r5SpG0 Outcomes in Patients with Vasodilatory Shock and Renal Replacement Therapy Treated with Intravenous Angiotensin II: https://bit.ly/2JttWTj Sensitivity to angiotensin II dose in patients with vasodilatory shock: a prespecified analysis of the ATHOS-3 trial: https://bit.ly/2xDVVsr ALBUMS AND BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd: https://amzn.to/2XZr34x Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd: https://amzn.to/2Lc2lbb Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, Safi Bachall: https://amzn.to/2S4IrPU

Safi Bahcall: Loonshots Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and a biotech entrepreneur. He co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer, leading its IPO and serving as its CEO for 13 years. He worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors on the future of national research. Safi is the author of the book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries*. In this conversation, Safi and I discuss how leaders can work intentionally to nurture new ideas through three key practices. If you are an innovator (or leading an innovation team) and hearing the voices of the naysayers, this framework will help you begin nurturing new ideas more successfully. Key Points A loonshot is a neglected project, widely dismissed, its champion written off as unhinged. The ice cube is an analogy for the soldiers and artists in the organization. This is called phase separation. The most effective leaders view their work as gardeners, gently cultivating news ideas and investigating with genuine curiosity. Leaders who have a heart for both their soldiers and their artists will support a dynamic equilibrium in their organizations. Most innovation fails in the transfer between the artists and the soldiers. Steve Jobs is an example of a leader who, for many years, refused to show heart — but discovered it later with fantastic success. Resources Mentioned Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries* by Safi Bahcall Book Notes Download my highlights from Loonshots in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes The Four Critical Stories Leaders Need For Influence, with David Hutchens (episode 148) How to Build Psychological Safety, with Amy Edmondson (episode 404) Get Better at Deep Listening, with Oscar Trimboli (episode 408) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Safi Bahcall: Loonshots Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and a biotech entrepreneur. He co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer, leading its IPO and serving as its CEO for 13 years. He worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors on the future of national research. Safi is the author of the book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries*. In this conversation, Safi and I discuss how leaders can work intentionally to nurture new ideas through three key practices. If you are an innovator (or leading an innovation team) and hearing the voices of the naysayers, this framework will help you begin nurturing new ideas more successfully. Key Points A loonshot is a neglected project, widely dismissed, its champion written off as unhinged. The ice cube is an analogy for the soldiers and artists in the organization. This is called phase separation. The most effective leaders view their work as gardeners, gently cultivating news ideas and investigating with genuine curiosity. Leaders who have a heart for both their soldiers and their artists will support a dynamic equilibrium in their organizations. Most innovation fails in the transfer between the artists and the soldiers. Steve Jobs is an example of a leader who, for many years, refused to show heart — but discovered it later with fantastic success. Resources Mentioned Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries* by Safi Bahcall Book Notes Download my highlights from Loonshots in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes The Four Critical Stories Leaders Need For Influence, with David Hutchens (episode 148) How to Build Psychological Safety, with Amy Edmondson (episode 404) Get Better at Deep Listening, with Oscar Trimboli (episode 408) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

I am super excited to bring to you my conversation with Safi Bahcall. I haven't been this excited in a long time because Safi has just written this book called Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. His use of language and his use of innovation principals is second to none in this book especially because I think he comes at this from being an innovator for years and being an entrepreneur, and he comes at this from a very powerful perspective. It really impacted me and the people I've been sharing this book with. He received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD from Stanford. After working for three years as a consultant for McKinsey, he co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer (which led him to be profiled by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker). He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, he was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with the president's council of science advisors (PCAST) on the future of national research. So, in this book, Safi explains how the past and what we learn from the past, has equal implications in the future. So we get into, what are the most common conversations he gets into with CEOs these days. CEOs and senior leaders that have read his book, they are calling him daily and they are asking: "How do we nurture loonshots?" What You Will Learn From This Interview Why we won, and how we won WWII?”   The role Vannevar Bush played as he was the first CIO in the United States.   How China, India and Islam lost their world domination and supremacy – which had lasted 1,000 years. – How did they lose it?  Why good ideas die in organizations.  The difference between artists, soldiers and champions within organizations.  Inside a business – why you must separate artists and soldiers  Why do franchise business models (protecting your core business) often fail, and what you can do about it.  Why culture fixing is hard, but fixing structure is easier.  Why the word ‘Culture’ is such a limp amorphous word these days.  Why structure eats culture for lunch.  Understand what phase transitions and dynamic equilibrium are.  What is a Loonshot vs. a Moonshot?  How do you nurture Loonshots?  How do you lead an organization through Loonshot development as a manager and a gardener using balance and touch between groups.  As I mentioned, I’m very excited about this interview and I hope you’ll enjoy my conversation with Safi Bahcall. Read the Full Transcript Here About Safi Bahcall Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist (the son of two astrophysicists), a biotech entrepreneur, and the author of recently published, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.    He received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD from Stanford. After working for three years as a consultant for McKinsey, he co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer (which led him to be profiled by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker). He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years.   In 2008, he was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with the president's council of science advisors (PCAST) on the future of national research.   He lives with his wife and two children in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Loonshots is his first book.   Ways to connect with Safi Bahcall LinkedIn      Website    Twitter  Facebook   Key Resources + Links Books:  Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall, 3/19/2019  Articles on Blog:  Fish, Brains, and Human Nature: More on Structure vs. Culture, 4/29/2019  Why Structure Eats Culture for Lunch, 3/26/19  The Five Laws of Loonshots: The most important breakthroughs are the ones most likely to be shot down, LinkedIn Weekend Essay, 3/25/2019   The Innovation Equation, by Safi Bahcall, published in The Harvard Business Review, March-April, 2019  The Verge’s Angela Chen’s interview with Safi Bahcall, A physicist explains what the science of phase transitions can teach us about nurturing innovation – It’s all about structure, 3/22/2019  What has history taught us about world-changing ideas? Answer by Safi Bahcall, Biotech Entrepreneur and Author of Loonshots, on Quora, 3/18/2019.  What steps do I need to take to start my own Biotech company? Answer by Safi Bahcall, Biotech Entrepreneur and Author of Loonshots, on Quora, 3/15/2019.  Videos on Blog:  Link to Safi’s Website video’s page: https://www.bahcall.com/videos/ This episode is sponsored by the CIO Innovation Insider Forum, dedicated to Business Digital Leaders who want to be a part of 20% of the planet and help their businesses win with innovation and transformation.    Credits  Outro Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/   Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast  iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn   Leave a Review If you enjoyed this episode, then please consider leaving an iTunes review here.  Click here for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review if you’re doing this for the first time.   About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader.  Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

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Safi Bahcall is the author of Washington Post's "10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019", Adam Grant's "19 New Leadership Books to Read in 2019" Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries!Safi is a second-generation physicist (the son of two astrophysicists) and a biotech entrepreneur.He received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD in physics from Stanford, where he worked with Lenny Susskind in particle physics (the science of the small) and the Nobel laureate Bob Laughlin in condensed matter physics (the science of the many). He was a Miller Fellow in physics at UC Berkeley (the school of the many). After working for three years as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years.Safi has presented at approximately 130 banking conferences, investor events, and medical meetings around the world, as well as at leading academic institutions including physics, mathematics, or medical departments at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Caltech, Cornell, Bell Labs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Rockefeller, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In Loonshots, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Drawing on the science of phase transitions, Bahcall reveals why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall reveals how this new kind of science helps us understand the behavior of companies and the fate of empires. Loonshots distills these insights into lessons for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries everywhere. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of phase transitions to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, criminals behave, ideas spread, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. If 20th-century science was shaped by the search for fundamental laws, like quantum mechanics and gravity, the 21st will be shaped by this new kind of science. Loonshots is the first to apply these tools to help all of us unlock our potential to create and nurture the crazy ideas that change the world.Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Safi Bahcall is the author of Washington Post's "10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019", Adam Grant's "19 New Leadership Books to Read in 2019" Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries!Safi is a second-generation physicist (the son of two astrophysicists) and a biotech entrepreneur.He received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD in physics from Stanford, where he worked with Lenny Susskind in particle physics (the science of the small) and the Nobel laureate Bob Laughlin in condensed matter physics (the science of the many). He was a Miller Fellow in physics at UC Berkeley (the school of the many). After working for three years as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years.Safi has presented at approximately 130 banking conferences, investor events, and medical meetings around the world, as well as at leading academic institutions including physics, mathematics, or medical departments at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Caltech, Cornell, Bell Labs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Rockefeller, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In Loonshots, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Drawing on the science of phase transitions, Bahcall reveals why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall reveals how this new kind of science helps us understand the behavior of companies and the fate of empires. Loonshots distills these insights into lessons for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries everywhere. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of phase transitions to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, criminals behave, ideas spread, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. If 20th-century science was shaped by the search for fundamental laws, like quantum mechanics and gravity, the 21st will be shaped by this new kind of science. Loonshots is the first to apply these tools to help all of us unlock our potential to create and nurture the crazy ideas that change the world.Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

People pushing a risky or new message are in a difficult spot, because the support for their moment is not high. They have to work well with others who do things in a more steady form. In the book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”, Safi … Continue reading "221: Safi Bahcall | How To Support Innovative Ideas And The “Loonshots” Behind Them" The post 221: Safi Bahcall | How To Support Innovative Ideas And The “Loonshots” Behind Them appeared first on The Armen Show.

So HOW can we nurture the CRAZY IDEAS that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries? Few people know that Steve Jobs tried to shoot down the Macintosh and that Disney passed on the first 3D animation in film. Why do good people, despite the best intentions, routinely kill great ideas?Our Business Builders Show guest, Safi Bahcall, author of Loonshots:How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, is a second-generation physicist and a biotech entrepreneur. He co-founded a biotechnology company developing new drugs for cancer, led this company's IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. Safi received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD from Stanford.You will LOVE this fascinating interview and the book is a must read for ALL businesspeople. Learn more at loonshots.com and follow Safi on Twitter @safibahcall.Learn more about your host Marty Wolff at martywolffbusinesssolutions.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guest on the podcast today is Safi Bahcall - physicist, biotech CEO, entrepreneur, tennis aficionado, and author of the outstanding book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Complete shownotes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/safi-bahcall

Imagine that while you are sleeping, a cleaning crew gets into your brain to clean out all the toxins so that your brain works better the next day. I know it sounds weird but it is exactly what happens. Listen as I begin this episode with that explanation. http://ens-newswire.com/2013/10/18/brain-cleans-itself-of-toxins-during-sleep/Most great breakthrough ideas fail first and then get modified before they became a success. It often happens multiple times. Being open to learning from those early failures and being able to adapt your ideas is what helps make ideas prosper according to Safi Bahcall. Safi is a physicist and biotech entrepreneur and author of the book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases and Transform Industries (https://amzn.to/2GsXA8u). Listen as Safi offers insight and great examples of how important inventions and breakthroughs have happened by learning from failure and how we all can do it. Often the reason you get upset or stressed out is because things aren’t the way you think they SHOULD be… Traffic should not be so heavy, your doctor should not keep you waiting – that type of thing. Listen as I explore how to change that thinking to relieve yourself of unnecessary frustration. http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/04/frustrated/When I think of compulsive behavior, I think of people who wash their hands a lot or check to see if they locked the door or turned off the coffee pot 50 times a day. While that seems to be extreme compulsive behavior, how is it any different than checking your smart phone 86 times a day? (That's the average). Science writer Sharon Begley has explored this in her book Just Can’t Stop: An Investigation of Compulsion (https://amzn.to/2IAUnHj). She joins me to reveal why compulsive behavior isn’t necessarily bad and explains at what point it does become a problem and what to do about it. This Week’s Sponsors-ADT. To get a secure smart home designed just for you go to www.ADT.com-BetterHelp. Get help with a counselor you will love at www.BetterHelp.com/SYSK-Ollie. For 60% off your first order plus a free bag of dog treats go to www.myollie.com/try/something-Hers. For $10 off your first order (while supplies last) go to www.ForHers.com/something-Capterra To find the best software for your business visit www.Capterra.com/something-Capital One. What's in your wallet? www.CapitalOne.com

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries with Safi Bahcall What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In Loonshots, our guest reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behaviour that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Drawing on the science of phase transitions, our guest tells us why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing wild new ideas to rigidly rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, our guest shows how this new kind of science helps us understand the behaviour of companies and the fate of empires.  Loonshots distils these insights into lessons for creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries everywhere. We welcome scientist, entrepreneur and author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall We talk: What is a Loonshot? How structure is as important as culture Phase transitions How Innovation saves Empires Why Innovation gets rejected The rejection of radar before the War The rejection of lifesaving drugs The three deaths (fails) Listening to the Suck with Curiosity Understanding Failure Avoiding the Moses Trap Loving Soldiers and Artists Managing the tension of the emergent and the established How Steve Jobs learned to love Artists and Soldiers The genius of Richard Miller, Judah Folkman, Vannevar Bush, Theodore Vail, Sir James Black, Akira Endo, Deak Parsons, Leo Young, Lawrence Hyland and Steve Jobs. More about Safi here: www.loonshots.com www.bahcall.com

Safi Bahcall received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company specializing in developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, Safi was named Ernst and Young’s New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the future of national research. Safi’s most recent endeavor was authoring his new book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, and nations can use that to innovate faster and better. It has been selected for The Washington Post‘s 10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019, Inc.‘s 10 Business Books You Need to Read in 2019, and Business Insider‘s 14 Books Everyone Will Be Reading in 2019. *Questions for the solo podcast email info@whatgotyouthere.com* Subscribe to the Newsletter- https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD   http://whatgotyouthere.com/ NEW SPONSOR TEN THOUSAND- www.tenthousand.cc/wgyt 20% off with discount code "WGYT"  GlobeKick 10% off with discount code “WGYT” https://globekick.com/ 15% off Four Sigmatic with discount code "WGYT" http://foursigmatic.com/wgyt   https://www.bahcall.com/ https://twitter.com/SafiBahcall https://www.linkedin.com/in/safi-bahcall/ https://www.facebook.com/loonshots/   https://twitter.com/SeanDeLaney23 https://www.instagram.com/whatgotyoutherepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/whatgotyouthere/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-delaney-00909190/   Intro/Outro music by Justin Great- http://justingreat.com/ Audio Engineer- Brian Lapres 

We all know of moonshots, a grand idea we can get behind. But we sat down with Safi Bahcall, a physicist and former biotech entrepreneur, to understand a counter term he came up with: loonshots. Bahcall claims many ideas and innovations, when they are first proposed, are seen as mere fantasies from the minds of slightly (or very) crazy people. From the telephone to the computer, several game-changing ideas were turned down — in fact, microwave radar, which detected German U-boats at sea and helped us gain the upper hand during WWII, also, initially, fell under the radar. Who knows how many countless, similar innovative ideas have been dismissed? In his new book, “Loonshots - How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”, Bahcall wants to change the structure of how we accept and cultivate these possibly, life-changing ideas.

In Episode 81 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Safi Bahcall, a physicist, biotech entrepreneur, and the author of “Loonshots,” a book about how to nurture the types of crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries. In the early days of World War II, the Third Reich’s commander of submarines Karl Dönitz submitted a memorandum to the German Navy, advocating for a system of submarine warfare that would devastate allied supply lines, merchant vessels, and warships. For a nation with a second-rate navy, this was asymmetrical warfare at its finest. With the implementation of the plan, known as “Rudeltaktik,” allied losses began to rise rapidly, from 750,000 tons of cargo lost in 1939 to 7.8 million in 1942. Every month, U-boats were sinking ships faster than the Allies could build them, and the losses kept mounting. By early 1943, food supplies to Britain had dwindled to two-thirds of normal levels. Less than three months of commercial oil reserves remained: The British were on the verge of defeat.    At just the time when all hope seemed lost in the Battle for the Atlantic, an American physicist by the name of Alfred Loomis appointed to assemble and lead a team of the country’s best engineers and physicists, presented the Army with the first of two timely innovations. When mounted on Americas’ B-24 Liberator bombers these tiny boxes with their microwave antennas could detect the periscopes of surfaced submarines, through daytime cloud cover or fog of night. By the spring of 1943, these long-range bombers, equipped with Loomis’ microwave radar and pulsed-radio navigation were fully operational and actively patrolling the Atlantic. What ensued was a massacre.   In the month of May alone, Allied bombers operating through fog and darkness and who could now see the once invisible German submarines lighting up their oscilloscope screens, sank 41 U-boats nearly one-third of the German commander’s total operational fleet and more in one month than in any of the first three years of the war. Allied shipping losses, in 90 days, decreased by 95 percent: from 514,000 tons in March to 22,000 tons in June. The lanes to resupply Europe had been opened making way for the ground invasion at Normandy only a year later. The Allies turned what had appeared by all accounts to be an imminent loss into the first great Allied victory of the War, all because a small group of scientists working out of an anonymous building at MIT, had the crazy idea to use an unproven technology to turn a German hunting ground into a turkey shoot for the allies and their microwave configured, B-24 bombers that were busy lighting up the Atlantic.   This week, on Hidden Forces, we explore how to nurture the types of crazy ideas that win wars, cure disease, and transform industries, with our guest Safi Bahcall. Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod

Safi is a physicist, a biotech entrepreneur, and an author... just to name a few! Safi has presented at approximately 130 banking conferences, investor events, and medical meetings around the world, as well as at leading academic institutions. He was a Miller Fellow in physics at UC Berkeley AND in 2011, he worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors (PCAST) on the future of national research.Safi's book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries is available now. Pick it up today!Learn more about Safi: https://www.bahcall.com.We discuss:Why did you leave you profession in Physics to "start over?"How do you marry the idea of learning new things, with your employers desire for you to be a specialist?What is the difference between focusing on culture versus structure?Sponsor:BetterHelp - Get 10% off your first month - https://betterhelp.com/smartDonate:Donate here to support the show!

with Safi Bahcall (@safibahcall), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) A "moonshot" is a destination (like going to the moon, quite literally) -- but nurturing "loonshots" (which often involves a number of stumbles along the way) is how we get there. This goes beyond the trite mantra of failing fast! It is about not having "false fails" or not killing the seemingly small ideas that could lead to outsized yet unexpected outcomes, observes Safi Bahcall (physicist, ex-startup founder, and CEO of a public biotech company), author of the new book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.So in this episode of the a16z Podcast -- in conversation with a16z bio general partner Vijay Pande and Sonal Chokshi -- Bahcall shares why concepts like "disruptive innovation" cause him gas; why doing market projections can sometimes be crap; and why most management books that focus on culture are b.s.Because CEOs and culture, argues Bahcall, do not control organizational behavior... but hidden incentives, "phase transitions", and specific control parameters do. So how can organizations -- of any size, big or small -- be in two states at the same time: both fluid and stable, soft and solid, with high entropy yet bound energy, and both artists and soldiers? The answer may be in a more scientific, less "squishy" framework for management at the intersection of physics and economics. Big empires always miss the small but important new ideas... can this be why?

My guest today is Safi Bahcall, an American technologist, business executive, and author. He has presented at over 130 banking conferences, investor events, and medical meetings around the world, as well as at leading academic institutions. The topic is his book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Social media companies Loonshots National research system of the U.S. Leader mindsets Innovation Good companies vs. Failing companies Early stage ideas Apple Steve Jobs AT&T Bell Labs Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Safi Bahcall is an American technologist, business executive, and author. He has presented at over 130 banking conferences, investor events, and medical meetings around the world, as well as at leading academic institutions. His book “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” is out. Safi grew up with parents who were highly acclaimed physicists. He was indoctrinated with the mindset of looking at the world and asking, “Why?” Even to this day, he has those discussions of asking, “Why” with his parents. It has given him an inquisitive perspective – always looking at things from multiple angles. What is a loonshot? Loonshots are how big achievements, money, fame and recognition are produced. They are leaps of faith grounded in asking good questions. In keeping a questioning mindset you may find the twist that gives you the answer to what everyone else is missing. This asking mindset can be applied across all fields – military, government, technology, medicine, politics, social media, etc. Safi exposes some of these loonshots with examples going back to Alexander Graham Bell, WWII, Apple and many others. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Social media companies Loonshots National research system of the U.S. Leader mindsets Innovation Good companies vs. Failing companies Early stage ideas Apple Steve Jobs AT&T Bell Labs

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Kelly sits down with physicist and biotech entrepreneur Safi Bachall to talk about his new book Loonshots:  How To Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases and Transform Industries.

In this episode, we'll be looking at Loonshots and how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and most importantly here on The Innovation Engine, transform industries. Among the topics we'll discuss are why structure eats culture for breakfast, how and why phase transitions make the perfect environment for innovation to flourish, and the difference between P-type and S-type Loonshots. Joining us for this episode to talk those topics and more is Safi Bahcall. Safi is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases,and Transform Industries, which published the very same day this episode airs. The Washington Post named Loonshots one of the 10 Leadership Books to Watch in 2019 and Business Insider called it one of the 14 Books Everyone will be Reading this Year. Resources: Read: Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Learn more at https://www.bahcall.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SafiBahcall LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safi-bahcall/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loonshots/ Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Safi Bahcall, a former biotech CEO, began his career as a theoretical physicist before joining the business world. He compares the moment that innovative companies become complacent ones to a glass of water freezing, becoming ice. The elements are the same, but the structure of the company has changed. Bahcall offers ways for growing companies to avoid these inevitable forces and continue to innovate. He's the author of the book "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries" and the HBR article “The Innovation Equation."

Safi Bahcall joins Jeff Brown and reveals the surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about the spread of new ideas.

“All these things you’re sure are true — what if they weren’t?”— Safi BahcallSafi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, and nations can use that to innovate faster and better. It has been selected for The Washington Post‘s 10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019, Inc.‘s 10 Business Books You Need to Read in 2019, and Business Insider‘s 14 Books Everyone Will Be Reading in 2019.Safi received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company specializing in developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, Safi was named Ernst and Young’s New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the future of national research.Click here for the show notes for this episode.This podcast is brought to you by Uber. Uber makes getting around town easier than ever before, and now Uber is introducing Uber Rewards, a new rewards program that helps keep modern life going. With Uber Rewards, you can earn points on Rides and Uber Eats and unlock rewards such as Uber Cash for your next Uber ride or your next Uber Eats order. You can unlock new benefits at every membership level, such as flexible cancellations with Gold, price protection with Platinum, complimentary surprise upgrades with Diamond, and more. For terms and to learn more about all the ways you can earn Uber Rewards, go to Uber.com/Rewards.This podcast is also brought to you by Peloton, which has become a staple of my daily routine. I picked up this bike after seeing the success of my friend Kevin Rose, and I’ve been enjoying it more than I ever imagined. Peloton is an indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right to your home. No worrying about fitting classes into your busy schedule or making it to a studio with a crazy commute.New classes are added every day, and this includes options led by elite NYC instructors in your own living room. You can even live stream studio classes taught by the world’s best instructors, or find your favorite class on demand.Peloton is offering listeners to this show a special offer. Visit onepeloton.com and enter the code TIM at checkout to receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase. This is a great way to get in your workouts, or an incredible gift. Again, that’s onepeloton.com and enter the code TIM.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss